The effect of yoga exercises on body posture, fatigue intensity, pain and trunk kinematics of girls with erectile dysfunction
Subject Areas : Exercise Training and Diseases
Abdolrasoul Daneshjoo
1
(Associate Professor of Sport Biomechanics and Corrective Exercises, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Hoda Yazdani Esfahaninejad
2
(MSc in corrective Exercises and Sport Injuries, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Shamim Roghanian
3
(MSc in corrective Exercises and Sport Injuries, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Keywords: Yoga, scapular kinematics, erectile dysfunction, pain, fatigue,
Abstract :
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of one cycle of regular yoga exercises on body posture, fatigue severity, pain and trunk kinematics in girls with erectile dysfunction. Materials and Methods: The present study was an applied study that was performed by quasi-experimental method with pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population of this study included all girls aged 25-35 years living in Rasht with erectile dysfunction that 24 people were selected as a sample based on G-Power software based on entry and exit criteria in a targeted and accessible manner. An equal number (12 experimental and 12 control) were divided. The experimental group underwent Iangar yoga for 3 weeks each week for eight weeks, and the control group performed only their daily activities. Then, in order to measure the pre-test and post-test of the head-forward variables, dorsal kyphosis, lumbar lordosis from a flexible ruler, to measure fatigue severity from the MFIS fatigue questionnaire, for back pain from the visual pain intensity scale (vas) and to measure upper rotation Shoulder and shoulder protection by Diota (1990) method and the total shoulder protection on the dominant and non-dominant side was considered as the distance between the two shoulders. Data were analyzed using paired t-test at the significance level of P≥0.05. Results: The results of paired t-test showed a significant effect of eight weeks of yoga exercises on head forward reduction, dorsal kyphosis, lumbar lordosis, fatigue severity, low back pain, upper scapular rotation, scapular protrusion and distance between two scapulae (p≤ 0.001). Conclusion: According to the research findings, it can be concluded that yoga exercises in girls with dorsal kyphosis and cervical and lumbar lordosis in order to strengthen the stabilizing muscles of the spine as well as strengthening the scapular retractor muscles and stretching the anterior chest muscles while reducing the kyphosis angle. Cervical and lumbar lordosis improves the position of the scapula and consequently increases the range of motion of the upper limb.
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