Short Term Yogic Practices and its Effect on Respiratory Muscles Endurance in Healthy Individuals

Introduction:Yoga an ancient practice which is known to affect cardio –respiratory efficiency of the people. The present study was designed to find the effects of the yoga on respiratory muscle endurance.Material and method: respiratory muscleendurance is measured with pulmonary function test which were performed before and after the 8 week yoga training in the healthy individuals. The results of PFT before and after yoga training were compared. Results:results of the study showed statistically significant elevation in the selected parameters like FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, MVV.Conclusion:From above results it can be concluded that short term yoga practices significantly increases the respiratory muscle endurance.