title: A study of the effect of yoga training on pulmonary functions in patients with bronchial asthma.
abstract: The role of yoga breathing exercises, as an adjunct treatment for bronchial asthma is well recognized. One hundred twenty patients of asthma were randomized into two groups i.e Group A (yoga training group) and Group B (control group). Each group included sixty patients. Pulmonary function tests were performed on all the patients at baseline, after 4 weeks and then after 8 weeks. Majority of the subjects in the two groups had mild disease (34 patients in Group A and 32 in Group B). Group A subjects showed a statistically significant increasing trend (P < 0.01) in % predicted peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), forced mid expiratory flow in 0.25-0.75 seconds (FEF25-75) and FEV1/FVC% ratio at 4 weeks and 8 weeks as compared to Group B. Thus, yoga breathing exercises used adjunctively with standard pharmacological treatment significantly improves pulmonary functions in patients with bronchial asthma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana - 141 007.
authors.forename: Candy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sodhi
authors.forename: Sheena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Dandona
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001945:Breathing Exercises; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008450:Maximal Midexpiratory Flow Rate; D008875:Middle Aged; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014797:Vital Capacity; D015013:Yoga; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents