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Effects of Yoga on Cognitive Functions Among Adolescents.
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Advances in mind-body medicine [Adv Mind Body Med] 2022 Spring; Vol. 36 (2), pp. 4-7. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Context: Yoga is beneficial in enhancing mental health and consequently cognitive growth. Some studies have show that yoga practice can improve cognitive functioning in children.<br />Objective: The study intended to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based yoga intervention on the cognitive abilities-attention and memory-of adolescents.<br />Design: The research team conducted a one-group, pretest-posttest study.<br />Setting: The study occurred at a rural residential school in Udupi, Karnataka, and South India.<br />Participants: Participants were a convenience sample of 36 adolescents, with a mean age of 12.19 ± 0.4 years, in the seventh grade at the school.<br />Intervention: A senior yoga expert prepared a structured, yoga-intervention module, which was implemented, with each session lasting one hour and occurring five days a week for 12 weeks.<br />Outcome Measures: The Digit Span Forward (DSF) and Digit Span Backward (DSB) tests and Letter-Number Sequencing (LNS) test were used by a trained research examiner to evaluate cognition.<br />Results: Comparing the mean DSB, total digit span score, and LNS at baseline and postintervention showed significantly higher posttest scores than pretest ones, with P = .005, P = .005, and P = .001, respectively.<br />Conclusions: Yoga training improves cognitive functions and is a simple, low-cost, and effective adjuvant modality.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Attention
Child
Cognition
Humans
India
Meditation
Yoga psychology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1470-3556
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Advances in mind-body medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 35732063