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Evaluation of pulmonary function test before and after yoga practice in asthma patients

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  • Indian Journal of Basic & Applied Medical Research

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  • 2014

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Back ground: Short drawn breathing is known as asthma. Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory pulmonary disease in which air sacs loose their shape and become floppy. Anti-asthmic drugs may have some adverse effects whereas Yoga can increases pulmonary function without having any harmful effect on body. In present study 40 asthma patients (20-40 years) were selected on the basis of inclusive and exclusive criteria, and PFTs were done by computerized spirometer before and after eight weeks of yoga training. The statistically significant (P<0.001) increase in the observed values of FVC and FEV1was obtained after yoga practice in asthma patients. This may be due to the fact that yoga practices strengthen the respiratory muscles, increase elasticity of pulmonary tissue and enhance the blood circulation to them. So, it may be concluded that yoga practice may be beneficial for the treatment of asthma as it is in-expensive, having no harmful effects and useful for improving pulmonary functions in many ways. Materials and methods: The total numbers of subjects in this study were 40 divided into two groups. Group-I Asthma patients within the age group between 20-40 years before yoga practice. Group-II The same asthma patients after yoga practice. The present study is designed to observe the pulmonary function tests in asthma patients after yoga practice. Results: Our study shows statistically significant in observed value FVC after 8th week of yoga and significantly increases in observed value of FEV1 in Group-II. Conclusion: We may conclude that yoga is useful for improving pulmonary function tests in asthma patients, however only observed values of FVC and FEV1 are significantly increased in this investigation.
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