Effects of yoga practice on muscular endurance in young women
Complementary therapies in clinical practice
Short Title:
Complement.Ther.Clin.Pract.
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
Nov 30, 2015
Pages:
69 - 73
Sources ID:
29986
Notes:
LR: 20161230; CI: Copyright (c) 2015; JID: 101225531; OTO: NOTNLM; 2015/08/24 00:00 [received]; 2015/10/19 00:00 [revised]; 2015/12/03 00:00 [accepted]; 2016/02/07 06:00 [entrez]; 2016/02/07 06:00 [pubmed]; 2016/10/26 06:00 [medline]; ppublish
Collection:
Yoga-Based Medical Interventions
Visibility:
Public (group default)
Abstract:
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The aim of this study was to verify the effects of a systematized yoga practice on muscular endurance in young women. Twenty six women (24 +/- 3.5 years old) participated in six weeks of yoga classes, and twenty one women (25 +/- 5.1 years old) participated as the control group. The yoga intervention was composed of eighteen sessions, three times per week, at 1 h per session. The muscular endurance of upper limbs (push-up) and abdominal (sit-up) was assessed through the protocol suggested by Gettman (1989) [1] and Golding, Myers and Sinning (1989) [2] to the maximum repetitions performed in 1 min. To verify the significant differences intra groups and between groups a SPANOVA was performed, and the level of significance was p