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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.1.431

Effects of Iyengar Yoga Practice for 12 weeks on Lower Body Imbalance in Middle-aged Women  

Park, Yunha (Department of Physical Education, Chonnam National Univerisy)
Kim, Donghee (Department of Physical Education, Chonnam National Univerisy)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.1, 2017 , pp. 431-440 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Iyengar yoga practice on the lower body imbalance in middle-aged women. The subjects (n=24), who had not performed yoga training prior to this study (and) were not attending any other training programs, participated after undergoing an X-RAY examination with the Gonstead Technique and then their lower body imbalance (was reevaluated). The subjects completed the yoga program for 12 weeks (3 times per week, 90 minutes per session). The data were analyzed with the paired t-test and alpha was set at 0.05. It was found that 1) the height differences between the right and left iliac crests (p < 0.001), width (p < 0.001) and length (p < 0.001) differences between the right and left iliac fossa, and width differences between the right and left sacrum (p < 0.001) were significantly reduced after the training program. In addition, 2) the lower limb length discrepancy was significantly reduced (p < 0.001). Our data suggest that Iyengar yoga training for 12 weeks reduces the pelvic imbalance and length differences between the right and left lower limbs in middle-aged females.
Keywords
Iyengar Yoga; Lower Limb Length Discrepancy; Middle-aged Women; Pelvis Imbalance; X-ray;
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