Abstract

TO FIND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CHILD POSE ASANA AND SUPER BRAIN YOGA IN IMPROVING MEMORY AND CONCENTRATION AMONG PHYSIOTHERAPY STUDENTS

*Jyothi Seshan, Dr. P. Senthil Selvam and Dr. M.S. Sundaram

ABSTRACT

Most of the students in professionals have mental stress and tension which leads to a lack of memory and concentration in studies. Based on the Yoga concept, to improve memory and concentration, Super brain yoga and Child pose asana used in this study. The study is to find the effectiveness of Child pose asana and Super brain yoga in improving memory and concentration among students. Aim of the Study: The study aims to find the effectiveness of Child pose asana and Super brain yoga in improving memory and concentration among students. Methodology STUDY DESIGN: Experimental design. STUDY TYPE: Comparative study. STUDY SAMPLE: 100 students. STUDY SETTING: School of Physiotherapy, VISTAS. Procedure: Inclusion criteria: Age group of 18+ years to 24 years, Gender: both males and females. Subjects who are willing to participate. Exclusion criteria: Subjects with injuries in brain or head, fractures of the spine, any lesions in ENT. Subjects are included based upon inclusion criteria. Then, the subjects are asked to answer a questionnaire of the Beck anxiety scale and Beck Depression scale as outcome measures used to interpreted IQ. Then, the subjects are asked to answer a questionnaire of Memory functioning questionnaire (MFQ) and Safe Concentration and Attention test (SCAAT) used as an outcome measure. Based upon inclusion criteria, students were asked to do super brain yoga or Thoppukarnam with 21 times given for one group of 50 students. In other groups, 50 students have given a Child pose asana with 8 times holding 30 seconds of each exercise. Result: The result shows that the mean value for Memory functioning questionnaire – 57.9, Safe Concentration and Attention test – 8. Conculsion: The study was significantly proved that the super brain yoga was more effective for improving memory and concentration with IQ then child pose asana among students.

Keywords: Super brain yoga, Child pose asana, IQ test, Memory functioning questionnaire, Safe Concentration and Attention test.