Comparing the Efficacy of Tai Chi Chuan and Hatha Yoga in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients on Parameters of Blood Glucose Control and Lipid Metabolism

Objectives

The Purpose of This Study is to Assess the Effect of Tai Chi Chuan (tcc) and Yoga on Glycosylated Haemoglobin (hba1c), Low Density Lipoprotein (l.d.l.), Cholesterol, Fasting Blood Glucose (f.b.g), Post Prandal Blood Glucose (p.p.b.g)

Design and Methodology

Experimental Intergroup Comparative Design. 45 Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients of Age 40 to 60 Years Participated in the Study and were Randomly Divided into 3 Groups. Experimental Group1 (n=15) Doing a Series of 24 Movements Extracted from Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Short form. Experimental Group2 (n=15) Doing 12 Asanas and 7 Pranayamas of Hatha Yoga. Control Group3 (n=15) Doing no Exercise just under Oral Hypoglycemic Medication.

Readings/ Machines Used

Pre Training Readings and Post Training Readings were Taken on the 1st Day and 12th Week for all the Groups. Fasting Blood Glucose (f.b.g) and Post Prandal Blood Glucose (p.p.b.g) was Assessed by Biochemical Automated Analyzer.

Results

Paired T-test was Applied to Find the Significance Level of all the Groups (p- Value), one Way Anova to Find F-value and Post Hoc Test to Find out the Comparative Significance Level of the 3 Groups. we have thus Concluded that Tai Chi Chuan Group Showed a Greater % of Improvement than Hatha Yoga in Case of the Following Parameters Like Cholesterol, Fbg and Ppbg while in Terms of Hba1c and Ldl the % Improvement in Tai Chi Chuan Group was Slightly Higher than Yoga Group. the Control Group Did not Show any Improvement except in Ppbg where it Showed an Improvement of 4.90%