Mrithunjay Rathore

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The present study endeavours to explore the significant role pelvic stability contributes to maintaining the desired alignment in yoga asanas. The faulty postures due to sedentary lifestyles cause weakening of the muscles. This paper explains how Hip Musculature essentially The Gluteus Maximus and Gluteus Medius play an essential role in pelvic stability in many yoga asanas as well as a vital role in the health of our lumbar spine, sacrum, hip joints, and knees. Further, given the recent global interest in yoga asanas, it is critical to identify particular risk factors and injury processes to decrease the frequency with which these injuries occur. Also, this narrative review of the literature on hip musculature and its correlation with yoga asanas focuses on the factors leading to injuries, thereby helping to determine which asanas represent the greatest risk of injury and propose injury-prevention techniques.   Keywords: Hip musculature, Yoga asanas, Injuries.

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Modulation of cardiac autonomic tone is a topic of current interest in research because of its association with several cardiovascular autonomic diseases of public health importance. Yoga has proven benefit in balancing the cardiac autonomic tone. This study aimed to explore the intricate mind body mechanisms with special reference to the immediate effect of Padahastasana (PD) and Ardha Chakrasana (AD) on cardiac autonomic nervous system and to quantify the cardiovascular ANS response to different yogic asana. Materials and Methods: This was a Cross Sectional Study, conducted in autonomic function lab, of department of physiology, AII India Institute of Medical science, Raipur, India. Heart rate variability (HRV) was analyzed on 30 experienced yoga practitioners (EYP) with the average age of 32.99.71 year. All participants were healthy. Padahastasana and Ardhachakrasana were used as an intervention to evaluate heart rate variability. Results: The time domain parameters show significantly increased parasympathetic component (SDNN, RMSSD, and SD2) after Padahastasana and Ardha chakrasana though increase is more after Ardha chakrasana. Interestingly sympathovagal balance was lowered after Padahastasana and increased after Ardha Chakrasana, although not statistically significant. This response may be due to a more increase in parasympathetic components after immediate Ardha Chakrasana. Conclusion: Our study showed the HRV has good specificity and positive predictive value for the quantifying autonomic response of Padahastasana and Ardha chakrasana. Backward bending is superior to forward bending and should be included in lifestyle intervention to reduce stress and anxiety disorder. Keywords: Yoga asana, HRV.

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Introduction: Anatomy is the subject where teaching and learning is not possible by studying books alone, it needs to be explained by dissection and other methods also. Model preparation is the recent scientific findings, which gives the three-dimensional orientation of the students concerned. Therefore research question of the present article, Is this technological innovation useful for medical students to learn and understand the three-dimensional view of embryology? Aim: To Increase the interest of students in learning of anatomy, to generate understanding of threedimensional view in anatomy and to get feedback of students towards model preparation. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted for first year MBBS students, they were divided into groups of 10 students during practical classes. Total of 10 groups formed, and each group contained ten students. Each group was given seven days’ time to prepare their anatomy model using materials. Each model was evaluated, and feedback was taken in a structured questionnaire form. Result: 78% of the student’s felts model preparation fruitfulness in the favour of 3-dimensional orientation as well as they enjoyed a lot to prepare. 29% of students reported the model preparation disturb their routine activity. 77% of students accepted to prepare this type model in the future. Conclusion: Overall perception of students based on feedback, towards model making, reflected the improvement in quality of teaching and learning activities in anatomy subject. Keywords: Model preparation, Medical education.

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