Effects of selected meditative asanas on kinaesthetic perception and speed of movement

• Authors: Kanwaljeet Singh , Baljinder Bal , Nishan Deol
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Study aim: To assess the effects of selected meditative asanas on kinesthetic perception and movement speed.Material and methods: Thirty randomly selected male students aged 18 - 24 years volunteered to participate in the study. They were randomly assigned into two groups: A (medidative) and B (control). The Nelson's movement speed and reaction test and horizontal space test (to assess the kinaesthetic ability to determine specific positions along the horizontal line) were applied. The subjects from Group A were subjected to 8-week training of meditative asanas which included Padmasana, Siddhasana, Sukhasana, Vajrasana and Ushtrasana.Results: The kinaesthetic perception and movement speed significantly (p<0.001) improved (by nearly 10%) in Group A compared with the control one.Conclusions: Training asanas may be recommended to improve concentration-based performance.

Keywords

EN

Asanas; Meditation; Kinaesthetic perception; Movement speed

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Biomedical Human Kinetics
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 92-94

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2009

online

6 - 1 - 2010

Contributors

author

Kanwaljeet Singh

• Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab

author

Baljinder Bal

• Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab

author

Nishan Deol

• Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10101-009-0023-9