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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2021

Effect of yoga on pulse rate and blood pressure among women.

G Kaleeswari, C Vasantha Kalyani, J S Jayarani, Kusum K Rohilla

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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4 authors at 1 institution.

G KaleeswariCollege of Nursing, All India Institute Medical Science, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
C Vasantha KalyaniCollege of Nursing, All India Institute Medical Science, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
J S JayaraniCollege of Nursing, All India Institute Medical Science, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Kusum K RohillaCollege of Nursing, All India Institute Medical Science, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Rishikesh

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesChange in the past few decades in human life style, nowadays international health organizations, i.e., World Health Organization are also focusing on prevention along with treatment aspect of chronic illness. Researches focus that women of age group 30-45 years are at increased risk for hypertension and heart disease due to increased weight. Yoga is an effective method to control our physiological variables like blood pressure (BP), pulse, etc. The main aim of this study was to identify the effects of yoga on physiological variables.

methodsThe study was an experimental study with two group, pretest and posttest control group, design, which was conducted on 40 female participants. Pranayama and meditation for a period of 6 weeks was done by these women.

resultsYoga therapy significantly reduced the BP (0.000*) and pulse rate (0.000*) of women, which was also statistically proved.

conclusionsYoga therapy can be an effective method to control BP and pulse rate of patients with chronic diseases.

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Blood pressurephysiological variablespulse rateyoga therapy

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PMID34934664
PMCPMC8653439
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