Study of short term yoga training effect on respiratory endurance and muscle strength in elderly individuals.

Abstract

Yoga has sound scientific basis and an ideal tool for improving health of our masses. There is evidence that the practice of yoga improves physical and mental performance. Although there are a number of reports on the effect of yoga, very few studies have been undertaken on the effect of yoga training on respiratory endurance and muscle strength in elderly individuals. Hence, the present study was undertaken to study the effect of yoga training on maximum expiratory pressure (MEP), 40 mmHg endurance test, breath holding time after expiration (BHTexp), breath holding time after inspiration (BHTinsp), and hand grip strength (HGS).