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Clinical Effect of Combination of Pranayama and Kriya on the Performance of Shooters


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1 Department of Physiotherapy, A.P.J College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar city, India
2 Department of Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
3 Ayushkam Health Care Centre, Ranjit Avenue, Amritsar, India
4 Department of Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy, India
     

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The study aimed at finding out the effect of combination of Pranayama and Kriya on the performance of shooters in terms of breath-holding time, lung-function status and shooting performance. We studied 50 shooters of the Indian Army (age 20-30 years). Out of them, 30 shooters were given training in the techniques of Pranayama and Kriya for 3 weeks. The rest served as control. Variables were measured before and after the training in both the groups. We found highly significant improvement (p<0.001) in all the three variables. So we concluded that Pranayama and Kriya are efficacious for better performance of shooters.

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Pranayama, Yoga, Shooting, Breathing Exercises, Kapalabhati
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Authors

Smriti Kapoor
Department of Physiotherapy, A.P.J College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar city, India
Maman Paul
Department of Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
Suresh Chauhan
Ayushkam Health Care Centre, Ranjit Avenue, Amritsar, India
Jaspal Singh Sandhu
Department of Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy, India

Abstract


The study aimed at finding out the effect of combination of Pranayama and Kriya on the performance of shooters in terms of breath-holding time, lung-function status and shooting performance. We studied 50 shooters of the Indian Army (age 20-30 years). Out of them, 30 shooters were given training in the techniques of Pranayama and Kriya for 3 weeks. The rest served as control. Variables were measured before and after the training in both the groups. We found highly significant improvement (p<0.001) in all the three variables. So we concluded that Pranayama and Kriya are efficacious for better performance of shooters.

Keywords


Pranayama, Yoga, Shooting, Breathing Exercises, Kapalabhati

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