<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><italic>Study aim</italic>: To assess the effects of selected meditative <italic>asanas</italic> on kinesthetic perception and movement speed.<italic>Material and methods</italic>: Thirty randomly selected male students aged 18 - 24 years volunteered to participate in the study. They were randomly assigned into two groups: A (medidative) and B (control). The Nelson's movement speed and reaction test and horizontal space test (to assess the kinaesthetic ability to determine specific positions along the horizontal line) were applied. The subjects from Group A were subjected to 8-week training of meditative <italic>asanas</italic> which included <italic>Padmasana, Siddhasana, Sukhasana, Vajrasana</italic> and <italic>Ushtrasana.</italic><italic>Results</italic>: The kinaesthetic perception and movement speed significantly (p&lt;0.001) improved (by nearly 10%) in Group A compared with the control one.<italic>Conclusions</italic>: Training <italic>asanas</italic> may be recommended to improve concentration-based performance.</abstract>

Study aim: To assess the effects of selected meditative asanas on kinesthetic perception and movement speed.Material and methods: Thirty randomly selected male students aged 18 - 24 years volunteered to participate in the study. They were randomly assigned into two groups: A (medidative) and B (control). The Nelson's movement speed and reaction test and horizontal space test (to assess the kinaesthetic ability to determine specific positions along the horizontal line) were applied. The subjects from Group A were subjected to 8-week training of meditative asanas which included Padmasana, Siddhasana, Sukhasana, Vajrasana and Ushtrasana.Results: The kinaesthetic perception and movement speed significantly (p<0.001) improved (by nearly 10%) in Group A compared with the control one.Conclusions: Training asanas may be recommended to improve concentration-based performance.

Effects of selected meditative <italic>asanas</italic> on kinaesthetic perception and speed of movement

Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab

Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India

Biomedical Human Kinetics

Effects of selected meditative  on kinaesthetic perception and speed of movement

Study aim: To assess the effects of selected meditative asanas on kinesthetic perception and movement speed.Material and methods: Thirty randomly selected male...

Effects of selected meditative asanas on kinaesthetic perception and speed of movement

Published Online: Jan 06, 2010

Page range: 92 - 94

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10101-009-0023-9

Keywords
Asanas, Meditation, Kinaesthetic perception, Movement speed

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