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Physical Activity Associated with Prayer Regimes Improves Standing Dynamic Balance of Healthy People
[Purpose] Preparing for prayers, practicing religious meditation and performing prayers are believed to stimulate the visual, vestibular and somatosensory systems, which provide the sensory information that influences human balance. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the Islami...
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The Society of Physical Therapy Science
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3885840/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24409021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.25.1565 |
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author | AlAbdulwahab, Sami Saleh Kachanathu, Shaji John Oluseye, Kamaldeen |
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description | [Purpose] Preparing for prayers, practicing religious meditation and performing prayers are believed to stimulate the visual, vestibular and somatosensory systems, which provide the sensory information that influences human balance. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the Islamic prayer regime on balance. [Subjects and Methods] Sixty healthy male subjects with a mean age of 31 ± 5 years and a mean body mass index of 27 ± 2 kg/cm(2) voluntarily participated in this study. The subjects were divided into two equal groups: one group of subjects who regularly practiced Islamic prayer, and another group of non-practicing subjects. The dynamic balance of individuals in both groups was measured using a Balance Master. [Results] Adult healthy subjects practicing Islamic prayer regimes exhibited statistically significantly better dynamic balance than the non-practicing healthy subjects. [Conclusions] The results of this study support the hypothesis that religious meditation and prayers benefit human physiological function, especially balance. |
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spelling | pubmed-38858402014-01-09 Physical Activity Associated with Prayer Regimes Improves Standing Dynamic Balance of Healthy People AlAbdulwahab, Sami Saleh Kachanathu, Shaji John Oluseye, Kamaldeen J Phys Ther Sci Original [Purpose] Preparing for prayers, practicing religious meditation and performing prayers are believed to stimulate the visual, vestibular and somatosensory systems, which provide the sensory information that influences human balance. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the Islamic prayer regime on balance. [Subjects and Methods] Sixty healthy male subjects with a mean age of 31 ± 5 years and a mean body mass index of 27 ± 2 kg/cm(2) voluntarily participated in this study. The subjects were divided into two equal groups: one group of subjects who regularly practiced Islamic prayer, and another group of non-practicing subjects. The dynamic balance of individuals in both groups was measured using a Balance Master. [Results] Adult healthy subjects practicing Islamic prayer regimes exhibited statistically significantly better dynamic balance than the non-practicing healthy subjects. [Conclusions] The results of this study support the hypothesis that religious meditation and prayers benefit human physiological function, especially balance. The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2014-01-08 2013-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3885840/ /pubmed/24409021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.25.1565 Text en 2013© by the Society of Physical Therapy Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. |
spellingShingle | Original AlAbdulwahab, Sami Saleh Kachanathu, Shaji John Oluseye, Kamaldeen Physical Activity Associated with Prayer Regimes Improves Standing Dynamic Balance of Healthy People |
title | Physical Activity Associated with Prayer Regimes Improves Standing Dynamic
Balance of Healthy People |
title_full | Physical Activity Associated with Prayer Regimes Improves Standing Dynamic
Balance of Healthy People |
title_fullStr | Physical Activity Associated with Prayer Regimes Improves Standing Dynamic
Balance of Healthy People |
title_full_unstemmed | Physical Activity Associated with Prayer Regimes Improves Standing Dynamic
Balance of Healthy People |
title_short | Physical Activity Associated with Prayer Regimes Improves Standing Dynamic
Balance of Healthy People |
title_sort | physical activity associated with prayer regimes improves standing dynamic
balance of healthy people |
topic | Original |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3885840/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24409021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.25.1565 |
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