ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2018 | Volume
: 6 | Issue : 1 | Page : 70--72
Yoga therapy for sustained attention
V Vineetha1, S Vinutha1, K Karthiyanee1, A Kumar1, HR Nagendra2, Tikhe Sham Ganpat3
1 Department of Physiology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Kolar, Karnataka, India
2 Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
3 Department of Yoga, Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Tikhe Sham Ganpat
2nd Floor, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis, Bhadbhada Square, Bhopal - 462 003, Madhya Pradesh
India
Background: Sustained attention (SA) is a vital function mediated by the right frontal-parietal cortex. The six letter cancellation task (SLCT) measures SA. Assessment of SA in volunteers undergoing Yoga therapy (YT) training compared to control group is the theme of the present study. Materials and Methods: Sixty healthy volunteers, 48.75 ± 3.86 years of mean age were participated in the present study. Thirty volunteers selected from Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana University, Bengaluru, India were practiced YT for 7 days. They were compared with a control group of 30 healthy volunteers from Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Kolar, India matched for the duration of the study, age, gender, and socioeconomic background that were not exposed to YT training but continued their usual college routine during that period. All volunteers were assessed for SA using SLCT. Results: The YT group showed 18.06% significant increase (P = 0.010, paired samples t-test) in total attempted (TA) score on SLCT. Similarly, there was 19.03% significant increase (P = 0.008, paired samples t-test) in net score (NS). However, there was 26.32% decrease in wrongly attempted (WA) score which was statistically not significant (P = 0.637, paired samples t-test). There was no significant change in control group. Increase in TA and NS and decrease in WA is related with enhancement of SA. Conclusion: The results suggest that YT enhances SA in healthy volunteers. Additional well-designed trial with long-term follow-up is needed before a strong recommendation can be made.
How to cite this article:
Vineetha V, Vinutha S, Karthiyanee K, Kumar A, Nagendra H R, Ganpat TS. Yoga therapy for sustained attention.Arch Med Health Sci 2018;6:70-72
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Vineetha V, Vinutha S, Karthiyanee K, Kumar A, Nagendra H R, Ganpat TS. Yoga therapy for sustained attention. Arch Med Health Sci [serial online] 2018 [cited 2023 Apr 1 ];6:70-72
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