TO STUDY AND CORRELATE THE EFFECT OF INTEGRATED APPROACH OF YOGA THERAPY ON FREQUENCY DOMAIN PARAMETERS AND POINCARE PLOT OF HEART RATE VARIABILITY AMONG PREDIABETICS

Introduction- Prediabetes is demarcated as an intervening stage amongst normal glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The present study aimed toevaluate the effects ofthe Integrated approach of yoga therapyonlinear andnonlinear dynamics ofheart rate variability and correlate between a linear component that was frequency domainand nonlinear dynamics that was Poine care plotof heart rate variability. Method-The study was conducted in the Department of physiology, Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur in association with RDBP Jaipuria hospital.Group A wasinvolved in the Integrated Approach of Yoga Therapy (IAYT)including Prayer, Omkar recitation, yoga postures, breathing techniques, Shavasana,counseling, and dietary modification and Group B was not involved in any yoga sessions. Result-In this study, an attempt has been made to assess specifically the nonlinear dynamics of HRV using Poincare plotafter the integrated approach of yoga therapyand compare it with that of the frequency domain of HRV assessed by linear measures.Thehigh-frequency power( 46.04±11.75 to 67.56± 13.06) and SD1 ( 28.75 ±3.15 to 45.66±2.15) were increased andlow frequency (LF) power ( 66.67±11.87 to 40.67± 13.9) and the SD2 ( 55.76± 1.15 to 44.88 ± 2.15) of the Poincare plot decreased compared to baseline insubjects whofollowedthe integrated approach of yoga therapy, Additionally, significant correlations were found between high frequency (HF) and SD1 (p < 0.05), LF and SD2, (p < 0.05), and LF/HF and SD2/SD1 (p < 0.01). Conclusion-Integrated approach of yoga therapy practiced regularly can emerge as one of the important non-pharmacological tools for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease andrestoring sympathovagal balance. Poincare plot analysis is easier and more sensitive in evaluating the sympathovagal balance and observing the variation in heartbeats. DOI: