AUTHOR(S): Keisham Monarita, Thingnam Nandalal Singh and Khumukcham Shivananda Singh

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the study was to find out the effects of twelve weeks Yogic Pranayama on cardiovascular endurance among Intellectually Disable persons. The study has been conducted on 30 students (males and females) which were equally divided into experimental group and control group. The subjects were students of B.B. Paul Mental Development Home, Mongshangei Lai Leirak, Imphal West with age ranged between 18-25 years. The study was restricted to only Cardiovascular Endurance (9 mins run/walk test) in which both experimental and control group were assessed on the first day and after 12 weeks. The subjects of experimental group underwent a training of yogic pranayama practices for 12 weeks. To find out significant difference between the group, ‘t’ test was used with the help of SPSS Software. The level of significance chosen was 0.05. The result of within group comparison revealed significant improvement in cardiovascular endurance in subjects of pranayama group however no change was observed in control group. No significant difference was found between the pre-test of experimental and control group whereas there was significant difference observed between the two groups in post-test. The present study demonstrated that 12 weeks of yogic pranayama is effective for improving cardiovascular endurance of intellectually disabled children.

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