A study of the effects of anuloma viloma pranayama on hematological parameters

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of anuloma viloma pranayama on hematological parameters. Fifty, university level girls of Department of Ph ysical Education (T), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (age = 20.68 ± 2.226 years, height =5.57 ± 2.101 feet‟s, body mass = 68.27 ± 4.350 kg) volunteered to participate in the study. The subjects from Group A (experimental) were subjected to a 4 weeks anuloma viloma pranayama (alternate nostril). Student t test for paired samples was utilized to compare the means of the pre-test and the post-test. No significant differences were found in Hemoglobin (Hb), Total Cholesterol (TC), Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-Cholesterol), High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (HDL-Cholesterol) and Triglycerides (TG) among University Level Girls.

Key words:

anuloma viloma pranayama, hemoglobin, serum cholesterol, serum triglycerides

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