Influence of yogic practice and physical exercises on systolic and diastolic blood pressure among women patients with Niddm

The aim of this study was to find out the effect of yogic practices and physical exercises on systolic and diastolic blood pressure among women patients with NIDDM. Sixty women NIDDM patients undergoing treatment in Government Hospitals and Diabetic Centres in Chennai were randomly selected as subjects in the age group of 35 to 45 and divided into control group, experimental group I, which underwent physical exercises, experimental group II which underwent yogic practices and control group did not underwent any special treatment / training. Pre and post experimental scores on systolic and diastolic blood pressure were statistically analysed using ANCOVA. The results proved that experimental treatments significantly contributed to beneficially alter systolic blood pressure (F : 36.36) and diastolic blood pressure (F: 69.44). The adjusted mean comparisons through post hoc analysis of results proved that physical exercises and yogic practices significantly altered systolic blood pressure compared to control group (P <0.05). Yogic practices non significantly altered systolic blood pressure than physical exercises. As for diastolic blood pressure it was found that both physical exercises and yogic practices significantly regularized compared to control group (P<0.05). The results further proved that yogic practices were significantly better than physical exercises in beneficially alter diastolic blood pressure. Thus, it was concluded that yogic practices play significant role in regularizing systolic and diastolic blood pressure and can be popularized among diabetic patients for effect of use in treating and managing diabetics especially among women diabetic patients.