Abstract
Background: Pranayama brings the conscious awareness of breathing and helps to reshape breathing habits and patterns. The persistent conditioning of the breathing patterns in pranayama increases the pulmonary function in healthy individuals and increases the overall performance of an individual.
Method: The present study was conducted in the department of Physiology, JNIMS. A total of 25 healthy males within the age group of 25 to 25 working in the preclinical department of JNIMS were taken into the study. The volunteers were given pranayama practice for 30 minutes daily under the supervision of a trained yoga instructor for a duration of two months. Pulmonary function parameters such as Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory volume in 1st second (FEV1%), Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR), FEF 25%, Slow Vital Capacity(SVC) and Maximum Voluntary Ventilation( MVV) were assessed before and after two months of yoga training by using Medicaid Spiro Excel PC based Pulmonary Function system. The data was processed through SPSS version 22 to find any significant association.
Result: Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory volume in 1st second (FEV1%), Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR), FEF 25%, Slow Vital Capacity(SVC) and Maximum Voluntary Ventilation( MVV) were found to be significantly increased after 2 months of short term pranayama.
Conclusion: These beneficial effects of pranayama can also be used in daily practice as a part of physical fitness and lifestyle modification programmes in maintaining physical and mental health as well as an adjunct therapy for many respiratory disease.
Keywords: pranayama, pulmonary function test, FVC, FEV1%, PEFR, FEF 25%, SVC and MVV.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Mayayanglambam Sangeeta Devi
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, JNIMS, Porompat
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i7.168
