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Reducing psychological distress and obesity through Yoga practice
BACKGROUND: Yoga practice has been effectively prescribed in conjunction with other medical and yogic procedures in the management of severe psychosomatic diseases, including cancer, bronchial asthma, colitis, peptic and ulcer. It improves strength and flexibility, and may help control physiological...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573546/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23439736 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6131.105949 |
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author | Dhananjai, S. Sadashiv, Tiwari, Sunita Dutt, Krishna Kumar, Rajjan |
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description | BACKGROUND: Yoga practice has been effectively prescribed in conjunction with other medical and yogic procedures in the management of severe psychosomatic diseases, including cancer, bronchial asthma, colitis, peptic and ulcer. It improves strength and flexibility, and may help control physiological variables such as blood pressure, lipids, respiration, heart rate, and metabolic rate to improve overall exercise capacity. AIM OF THE STUDY: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of Yogic Practice on anxiety/depression associated with obesity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients were recruited from the Department of Physiology, C.S.M. Medical University (erstwhile KGMU), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. A total of 272 subjects were divided into two groups: 1) group of 205 subjects (with yogic practice) and 2) a control group of 67 subjects (with aerobic exercise). Assessment of anxiety and depression were done by Hamilton Rating Scale. RESULT: This study supports yoga as an effective tool with no diet restriction to improve anxiety and depression symptoms as well as obesity in obese subjects CONCLUSION: Incorporating yogic asana in the treatment protocol of patients suffering from anxiety and depression may prove beneficial in the long run |
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spelling | pubmed-35735462013-02-22 Reducing psychological distress and obesity through Yoga practice Dhananjai, S. Sadashiv, Tiwari, Sunita Dutt, Krishna Kumar, Rajjan Int J Yoga Original Article BACKGROUND: Yoga practice has been effectively prescribed in conjunction with other medical and yogic procedures in the management of severe psychosomatic diseases, including cancer, bronchial asthma, colitis, peptic and ulcer. It improves strength and flexibility, and may help control physiological variables such as blood pressure, lipids, respiration, heart rate, and metabolic rate to improve overall exercise capacity. AIM OF THE STUDY: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of Yogic Practice on anxiety/depression associated with obesity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients were recruited from the Department of Physiology, C.S.M. Medical University (erstwhile KGMU), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. A total of 272 subjects were divided into two groups: 1) group of 205 subjects (with yogic practice) and 2) a control group of 67 subjects (with aerobic exercise). Assessment of anxiety and depression were done by Hamilton Rating Scale. RESULT: This study supports yoga as an effective tool with no diet restriction to improve anxiety and depression symptoms as well as obesity in obese subjects CONCLUSION: Incorporating yogic asana in the treatment protocol of patients suffering from anxiety and depression may prove beneficial in the long run Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3573546/ /pubmed/23439736 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6131.105949 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Yoga http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Dhananjai, S. Sadashiv, Tiwari, Sunita Dutt, Krishna Kumar, Rajjan Reducing psychological distress and obesity through Yoga practice |
title | Reducing psychological distress and obesity through Yoga practice |
title_full | Reducing psychological distress and obesity through Yoga practice |
title_fullStr | Reducing psychological distress and obesity through Yoga practice |
title_full_unstemmed | Reducing psychological distress and obesity through Yoga practice |
title_short | Reducing psychological distress and obesity through Yoga practice |
title_sort | reducing psychological distress and obesity through yoga practice |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573546/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23439736 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6131.105949 |
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