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Effects of yoga on blood pressure among secondary girls students of Madrasah in West Bengal

Abstract
According to medical science, yoga therapy is successful because of the balance created in the nervous and endocrine systems which directly influences all the other systems and organs of the body. The study was undertaken with the aim to observe the effect of yoga (asana) selected yoga training on blood pressure. For this study total 20 Girls students were selected as subject form of Government aided High Madrasah of Malda district, West Bengal. Their age ranged between 13-16 years. Students were given the treatment of selected yogic asana for 5 weeks and consisted of daily sessions, lasting 40 min. Both systolic and diastolic blood pressures were measured with the auscultatory method by using sphygmomanometer and stethoscope. The mean and t-test applied the interpretation of data. The level of significance was set at 0.05.
Key words: Blood pressure, Madrasah, Yogasanas, Secondary level, Girls.

Author-Dr. Debajyoti Haldar

 

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