Effectiveness of Aerobic Exercise Yogic Practice and Combined Effects on Systolic Blood Pressure of Type II Diabetes Patients

The purpose of the study was to find out the effectiveness of aerobic exercise yogic practice and combined effects on systolic blood pressure of type ii diabetes patients. To achieve the purpose of the study, forty Type 2 diabetic patients from Town walkers club of Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India, were selected at random as subjects. The selected subjects’ age ranged from 35 to 45 years. The forty selected subjects were categorized into three experimental groups and one control group. For the purpose of the study, Experimental Group I was allocated to aerobic exercise (n = 10, AE), Experimental Group II was allocated to yogic practices (n = 10, YP), and Experimental Group III was allocated to combined training of aerobic exercise and yogic practices (n = 10, COM-T), while Group IV served as the control group (n = 10, CG) and did not undergo any specific training programme. In the study, three different training approaches were adopted as independent variables, namely aerobic exercise (AE), yogic practices (YP), and combined training of aerobic exercise and yogic practices (AE & YP), while blood pressure was selected as the dependent variable. Systolic blood pressure was measured using a sphygmomanometer, and the values were recorded in mmHg. The pre-test and post-test mean differences of the four groups with respect to blood pressure were analysed, and Scheffé’s post hoc test was used to determine the pair-wise comparisons between the groups. The results of the present study proved that the three training interventions produced significant changes in systolic blood pressure.