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ArticleJournal of caring sciences2015

Yoga Practice Increases Minimum Muscular Fitness in Children with Visual Impairment.

Soubhagyalaxmi Mohanty, Peri Venkata Ramana Murty, Balaram Pradhan, Alex Hankey

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Article in Journal of caring sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Soubhagyalaxmi MohantyDepartment of Yoga and Humanities, SVYASA Yoga University, Bangalore, India.
Peri Venkata Ramana MurtyDepartment of Yoga and Humanities, SVYASA Yoga University, Bangalore, India.
Balaram PradhanDepartment of Yoga and Humanities, SVYASA Yoga University, Bangalore, India.
Alex HankeyDepartment of Yoga and Physical Science, SVYASA Yoga University, Bangalore, India.
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMuscle strength, a component for balance, gait and functional mobility is vital for children with visual impairment. Yoga has frequently been demonstrated to improve physical and mental fitness in children. This study aimed to assess the effect of 16 weeks yoga training on muscular fitness in children with visual impairment.

methodsThis was a wait-listed two-armed-matched case-control study. Eighty (41 yoga, 39 control) visual impairment students of both genders aged 9-16 years matched on age, gender and degree of blindness were assessed at pre, mid (after 8 weeks) and post (after 16 weeks) yoga intervention using the Kraus-Weber test.

resultsThe percentage of students passed in yoga group were 12.2%, 43.9% and 68.3% whereas percentages in the control group were 23.1%, 30.8% and 30.8% in pre, mid, and post tests respectively. McNemar test showed significant differences between pre and mid, mid and post in the yoga group while those parameters were not significantly different in the control group. Yoga therapy seemed to have considerable benefits for the children's muscular fitness.

conclusionThe study suggests that yoga have considerable benefits for improvement of fitness level in children with visual impairment and may be recommended as and effective, alternative, inexpensive low risk training activity option for them.

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ChildMuscle strengthPhysical fitnessVisual impairmentYoga

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