AUTHOR(S): Dr. Vinu Bhaskar

ABSTRACT:
Research in India on therapeutic effects of yogic asanas and Suryanamaskar were limited. Hence to have a better understanding of yogic asanas and Suryanamaskar and its contribution towards to diabetic patients, the scholar will make an attempt to determine the effect of twelve weeks of effect twelve weeks of selected yogic asanas, Suryanmaskar and combination of yogic asanas & Suryanmaskar on blood glucose level of type-II diabetic patients. The Blood Glucose Estimation (BGE) fasting was conducted to measure the blood glucose level of the subjects under the study. To determine the effect of twelve weeks of selected yogic asanas, Suryanmaskar and combination of yogic asanas & Suryanmaskar on blood glucose level of type-II diabetic patients, Analysis of Covariance was employed by using SPSS version 17. Further to find out which training programme was more effective LSD Post Hoc test was employed. The level of significance was set at 0.05 level of confidence. After 12 weeks, the combination of Yogic Asanas & Suryanmaskar group showed a significant improvement in the Blood Glucose Level of type-II diabetic patients than Suryanamaskar group and Yogic Asanas Group. It is concluded that combination of Yogic Asanas & Suryanmaskar group elicited a positive improvement in the Blood Glucose Level of type-II diabetic patients Suryanamaskar group and Yogic Asanas Group.

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