Prafull K

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Background: Swiftness of ball games is one of the biggest reasons for its popularity. All ball games are very versatile and are played very recently in India. Thus, current study is undertaken to identify lacunae in technical skills of Indian Players and compare the skill related fitness. Materials and Methods: The study was carried out in ninety Male Indian players. Basketball players (n=30), volleyball players (n=30) and handball players (n=30) aged between 16 to 25yrs after obtaining institutional ethics committee clearance. Flexibility was assessed using Modified Sit and Reach test and Goniometry. Agility was assessed using burpee’s squat test, shuttle run and quadrant Jump test using standardized procedure recommended by established literature. Data was analyzed using SPSS v20.0. Result: Our study revealed that, there is a statistically significant difference of mean values among all parameters (p0.05) for shoulder flexion, shoulder extension, knee flexion, knee extension and quadrant jump, between HBP and VBP for burpee’s squat test, shuttle run and quadrant jump (p>0.05). Conclusion: Our also revealed that shoulder flexibility was significantly more in Volleyball players while knee flexibility was significantly higher in Basketball players. Handball players had intermediate values of flexibility. Agility was significant higher in Basketball players, intermediate Handball player while least in Volleyball players. However, these players lag far behind when compared with international players and standards. Keywords: Flexibility, Agility, Basketball, Volleyball, Handball players.

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Introduction: Stress is nothing but gap between expectation and reality. Among different ways, one of the best ways of stress management programme is practicing Yoga. Yoga can achieve optimum functioning of not only body but also mind. With this, the present study was planned to evaluate effect of Yoga training on anxiety levels in medical students. Materials and Methods: The present study was carried out in the department of Physiology, ARMCH & RC, Kumbhari and conducted on 50 MBBS students of age group 17-20 years, who participated voluntarily and actively after meeting inclusion & exclusion criteria. All students were given GAD-7 (G eneralized Anxiety Disorder-7) and Beck’s anxiety questionnaire for before and after yoga training. Result: For GAD score, there was highly reduction in anxiety score of 6.20 2.86 after giving yoga training as compared to before score i.e. 7.46 3.14 (p highly reduction in anxiety score of 20.74 0.72 after giving yoga training as compared to before score i.e. 26.84 1.84 (p Conclusion: In conclusion, yoga offers comprehensive solutions for reducing anxiety levels & improvising subjective feeling of well being and managing health as a whole. It can lead to reduction of stress levels and thereby preventing autonomic dysregulation. Keywords: Yoga, GAD-7 anxiety score, Beck’s anxiety score, Medical students.

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