title: Effects of yoga practice on muscular endurance in young women.
abstract: The aim of this study was to verify the effects of a systematized yoga practice on muscular endurance in young women. Twenty six women (24 ± 3.5 years old) participated in six weeks of yoga classes, and twenty one women (25 ± 5.1 years old) participated as the control group. The yoga intervention was composed of eighteen sessions, three times per week, at 1 h per session. The muscular endurance of upper limbs (push-up) and abdominal (sit-up) was assessed through the protocol suggested by Gettman (1989) [1] and Golding, Myers and Sinning (1989) [2] to the maximum repetitions performed in 1 min. To verify the significant differences intra groups and between groups a SPANOVA was performed, and the level of significance was p ≤ 0.05. The findings suggest that yoga provides improvement in upper limb and in abdominal muscular endurance.
authors: University of Brasília, Faculty of Physical Education, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, 70910-900, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil. Electronic address: jshiraishi@gmail.com.
authors: Juliana Costa
authors: JC
authors: Shiraishi
authors: University of Brasília, Faculty of Physical Education, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, 70910-900, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil. Electronic address: Lidia.bezerra@gmail.com.
authors: Lídia Mara Aguiar
authors: LM
authors: Bezerra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053580:Muscle Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology*; D015013:Yoga; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Muscle strength; Physical endurance; Women; Yoga