Effect of short term yoga on body weight, BMI, body fat percentage &amp; blood pressure

Pandit, Dnyanesh P; Upadhyah, Amit A; Goyal, Pawan; Sharma, Diwakar

doi:10.18231/j.ijcap.2019.040

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“…In contrast, two studies reported a significant decrease in body fat percentage ( 30 , 36 ). However, one of those ( 30 ) investigated overweight participants, and the other one ( 36 ) found significant changes in two elder subgroups (30–39 and 40–49 years) with higher than normal body fat percentage, but not in young participants (20–29 years) with normal body fat percentage. Furthermore, another study investigating the effects of a 12-week long (3 times/week) power yoga training reported significant decrease in body fat percentage among healthy middle-aged women ( 33 ).…”

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“…The above-mentioned review (68) also denotes the lack of effect of hatha yoga practice on body fat percentage compared to usual care, exercise, or lifestyle modification. In contrast, two studies reported a significant decrease in body fat percentage (30,36). However, one of those (30) investigated overweight participants, and the other one (36) found significant changes in two elder subgroups (30-39 and 40-49 years) with higher than normal body fat percentage, but not in young participants (20-29 years) with normal body fat percentage.…”

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“…Similarly, another study investigating healthy adults ( 29 ) reported a significant decrease in BMI after a 1-month long daily (1 h) yoga training compared to the control group which received no intervention. A recent study ( 30 ) found significant decrease in body weight, BMI, and body fat percentage after a 1 week daily (1.5 h) yoga practice among overweight adults. However, yoga practice was accompanied by dietary advisement.…”

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Is Weekly Frequency of Yoga Practice Sufficient? Physiological Effects of Hatha Yoga Among Healthy Novice Women

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Beneficial physical and physiological health outcomes of yoga practice are well-supported by empirical data. However, whether weekly frequency of training is sufficient to evoke positive changes, is still an open question. The present intervention study investigated the effects of 10 weekly sessions of beginner level hatha yoga with respect to indicators of physical fitness and physiological markers. 82 young women (mean age of 22.0 ± 3.83 years) participated in the study. The yoga group (N = 49) attended a yoga course consisting of 10 sessions (1.5 h each) on a weekly basis. The control group (N = 33) did not receive any intervention. BMI, body fat percentage, balance (one-leg-stand test with open and closed eyes, functional reach test), flexibility (side bend test, modified sit and reach test) core muscle strength (plank test) as well as resting heart rate (HR), and heart rate variability (HRV) were assessed 1 week before and after the course. Both frequentist and Bayesian analysis showed an improvement in flexibility and balance in the yoga group compared to the control group. The yoga group showed also increased core muscle strength. No changes with respect to BMI, body fat percentage, resting HR and HRV were found. Ninety minute beginner level hatha yoga classes were characterized by 93.39 HR and 195 kcal energy consumption on average. The present findings suggest that weekly setting of a 10-session long hatha yoga training leads to improvements in balance, flexibility and core muscle strength among healthy young women. However, for changes in BMI, body fat percentage, resting HR and HRV longer, and/or more intense interventions are needed.

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“…Stress gets de-stressed with the mechanism of slow yoga breathing, which decreases the excitatory pathways, overrides sympathetic activity, evokes parasympathetic responses, and regulates the respiratory and cardiovascular systems (Neha et al, 2020). This positive response to stress is better observed in the IAYT group as compared to the TM group on the DASS scale as well as the EPI measurement levels.…”

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A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing the Effect of Yoga and Thai Massage among Garment Industry Population with Non-Specific Low Back Pain

Savithri Nilkantham, Tosendra Dwivedi

2023

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Background: Low back pain has an enormous societal and economic impact on the working-age population, and a large number of women are affected due to sedentary work environment. Treatment is often delayed as the symptoms are initially unclear and with progressive age, healthy ageing is compromised. Hence the study investigates the effects of the Integrated Approach of Yoga Therapy (IAYT) and Thai Massage (TM) on Non-Specific Low Back Pain (NSLBP). Method: We randomly allocated a total of 52 women employees from an Indian Garment Industry located in South Bangalore, into the IAYT group (n = 26, age 35.46 ± 7.78), and TM group (n = 26, age 34.23 ± 6.67). For the IAYT group, a yoga therapy module for 45 minutes for 5 days a week for 12 weeks was administered and for the TM group, a set of self-stretching exercises combined with Thai self-massage using a back massage stick for the same duration was administered. The assessment was done at baseline and after 12 weeks for both groups on the clinical parameters, back disability, depression, anxiety, stress, pain intensity, and biofield energies using Electro Photonic Imaging (EPI). Results: Statistical analysis was performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 20.0 for Windows (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). For within-group analysis, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used and for between-group analysis, Mann-Whitney U test was used. The IAYT group showed reduced back disability, and pain intensity at (75.24% and 66.92%) respectively, comparatively better than TM at (65.32% and 62.73%) respectively. The IAYT group showed a better improvement in depression, anxiety, and stress at (75.44%, 64.48%, and 63.35%) respectively as compared to the TM group at (55.75%, 57.03%, and 52.31%) respectively with P<0.001. Further, the IAYT group has shown considerable improvement in weight, waist-hip ratio, BMI, respiratory rate and pulse rate at (1.88%, 3.68%, 2.23%, 12.32%, and 4.06%) respectively as compared to TM group at (1.7%, 2.19%, 1.92%, 3.61% and, 1.67%) respectively with P<0.05. In the scores of EPI, the IAYT group demonstrated significant improvement in stress and lumbar spine energy area levels at (13.96%, and 44.02%) respectively as compared to the TM group at (5.42%, and 7.16%) respectively with P<0.05. Conclusions: IAYT seems to work more effectively for nonspecific low back pain than TM for female garment employees.

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Effect of short term yoga on body weight, BMI, body fat percentage & blood pressure

Cited by 2 publications

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Is Weekly Frequency of Yoga Practice Sufficient? Physiological Effects of Hatha Yoga Among Healthy Novice Women

Is Weekly Frequency of Yoga Practice Sufficient? Physiological Effects of Hatha Yoga Among Healthy Novice Women

A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing the Effect of Yoga and Thai Massage among Garment Industry Population with Non-Specific Low Back Pain

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