Isolated and Combined Effect of Asanas and Pranayama Practice on Pulmonary Function Test among College Level Men

Dr. A. Senthil Kumar

Abstract: Human movement is the result of complex interactions between environmental factors and the nervous, muscular and skeletal systems. Brain cell activities within the cerebral cortex are converted by supraspinal centre programming into neural outputs that stimulate the muscular system to produce the requirement. Yoga is a system of attaining perfect physical and mental health. Yoga controls one's sense resulting in an integrated personality. Positive changes in the life style of the people can be brought through by yoga. The study aims to found out the isolated and combined effect of asanas and pranayamas on pulmonary function test among college level men. To achieve these purpose sixty (N = 60) middle aged men were selected randomly from the NIFT-TEA College of Kntwear Fashion, Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu as subjects. Their aged ranged from 18 to 23 (18 ± 2.8) years. They were divided into three equal groups (n=20). Group I underwent asanas, Group II underwent pranayamaand Group III underwent combined (Asanas and Pranayama) alternate sessions practices - 40 to 60 min/session/4days/week for 12 weeks. Data were collected on forced vital capacity (FVC) by PC based USB spirometer before and after the intervention programme. Dependent 't' test was used to find out the difference between pre and post fest. After eliminating the influence of pre-test on post-test means of experiment groups the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to find out the mean gain differences. In addition to this Scheffe's test was employed (p < 0.05). From the results and limitation of this study it was concluded that, twelve weeks of asanas, pranayama and combined practice are effective method to improve forced vital capacity of the middle-aged men. Among the experimental group combined asanas and pranayama group improved FVC much better than the other groups.

Keywords: yoga practice, pulmonary function, asanas, pranayama, forced vital capacity

How to Cite?: Dr. A. Senthil Kumar, "Isolated and Combined Effect of Asanas and Pranayama Practice on Pulmonary Function Test among College Level Men", Volume 14 Issue 12, December 2025, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 759-761, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR251209105529, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR251209105529