AUTHOR(S): Dr. Arun SS Kumar

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the study was to find out the “Isolated and Combined effect of Brisk walking and Pilates training on Blood Glucose level among middle aged women”. To achieve this purpose, Twenty one middle aged women between the age group of 30-45 years residing at Thiruvananthapuram were selected as the subject of the study. They were randomly divided into three experimental groups of Seven subjects each. Group I is Brisk Walking group, group II was imparted training in Pilates training and group III was engaged structured form of combined Brisk-walking and Pilates training during the experimentation period. All 3 groups underwent their specified training programme 3 times a week for a period of 3 months. All the subjects of the three groups were tested on dependent variable of Fasting Blood Glucose level before and after training period. The data pertaining to the variable in this study were examined by using dependent t-test and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Three experimental Groups namely Brisk-walking group, Pilates training group and combined training group have significant reduction in Blood Glucose level. It was concluded in short that the Combined form of Brisk-walking and Pilates training is as good when compared to isolated Brisk Walking and Pilates training.

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