Comparison of cardiac output between practitioners and nonpractitioners of yoga before and after physical stress intervention

Yoga; Physical Stress; Exercise; Cardiac Output INTRODUCTION Cardiac output (CO) is basic yet extremely important parameter to assess heart function, as it determines the extent of tissue perfusion in every nook and corner of human body. [2] Very few look into the CO soon after a physical stress cha...

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Veröffentlicht in:National journal of physiology, pharmacy and pharmacology pharmacy and pharmacology, 2017, Vol.7 (3), p.1
Hauptverfasser: R, Madhu, Vijayaraghava, Ambarish, Doreswamy, Venkatesh, Narasipur, Omkar
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Zusammenfassung:Yoga; Physical Stress; Exercise; Cardiac Output INTRODUCTION Cardiac output (CO) is basic yet extremely important parameter to assess heart function, as it determines the extent of tissue perfusion in every nook and corner of human body. [2] Very few look into the CO soon after a physical stress challenge. [...]many of physical activity or exercise regimes are not suitable to practice in our daily lives. [4] The main barriers to daily exercise are work related factors; access to facilities; lack of motivation; embarrassment and body image; weather, low levels of knowledge about beneficial effects of exercise. Motivational factors for exercising are physical benefits from exercise; improvements in body image; enjoyment and the social interaction of exercising in groups. The main facilitator to exercise was free or reduced admission to gyms and swimming pools and constant encouragement. Since yoga does not involve any cost and can be done in groups, our study is of relevance in the present era where lifestyle disorders are a major problem. Patient perceptions of what physical activity/exercise means are multidimensional; fears, emotions, priority, and participatory social support contribute to adherence. [8] Both physical and mental stresses are associated with increased abnormalities of cardiovascular and immune systems. [...]it is a priority to include a focus on stress management and reduction of negative emotional states to reduce the burden of disease. Viewed as a holistic approach in stress management technique, yoga is a form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) that produces a physiological sequence of events in...
ISSN:2320-4672
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DOI:10.5455/njppp.2017.7.1234112122016