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@article{192510,
        author = {Dr. P. Senthil},
        title = {THE EFFECT OF YOGIC PRACTICES ON PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH RELATED VARIABLES AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {9},
        pages = {1340-1343},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=192510},
        abstract = {The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of yogic practices on physical and mental health related variables among university students. The selected variables are Flexibility, Muscular endurance, Stress, Anxiety and Depression.  To achieve this purpose of the study, forty students studying in the department of physical education and sports sciences, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, TamilNadu and India were selected as subjects at random.  Their age ranged between eighteen to twenty two years.  The selected subjects were divided into two equal groups of twenty each namely yogic practice group and control group.  The experimental group has undergone twelve weeks of yogic practice, whereas the control group maintained their daily routine activities and no special training was given.  The subjects of the two groups were tested on selected variables namely Flexibility, Muscular endurance, Stress, Anxiety and Depression using standardized tests, namely Sit-and-reach test, Bent-knee Sit-ups test, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) at prior and immediately after the training period.  The collected data were analyzed statistically through analysis of variance (ANOVA) to find out the significant difference, if any between the groups.  The .05 level of confidence was fixed to test the level of significance which was considered as an appropriate.  The results of the study showed that there was significant differences exist between yoga practice group and control group.  And also yoga practice group showed significant improvement on Flexibility, Muscular endurance, Stress, Anxiety and Depression endurance compared to control group.},
        keywords = {Yoga practice, Flexibility, Muscular endurance, Stress, Anxiety and Depression and Analysis of variance (ANOVA).},
        month = {February},
        }