Faculty of Gülhane Health Science, Department of Occupational Therapy, Health Science University, Ankara, Turkey.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.
Health Care Women Int. 2023 Jun;44(6):718-733. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2022.2061971. Epub 2022 Jul 7.
The researchers' aim is to examine the postural stability and flexibility responses of yoga training in women. The authors conducted the yoga training program 2 days a week and they assessed flexibility using the sit and reach test, trunk hyperextension test and trunk lateral flexion test. The researchers measured static and dynamic balance employing the device and database system. Then, the authors repeated all assesments were at the end of the first, the fifth and the tenth sessions. As a result of this study, the researchers revealed that the male participants had significantly poorer results in a single parameter (longitudinal sway) when compared with the female group, but the groups were statistically equivalent in this parameter after the first yoga training session. The authors also revealed that yoga was effective in improving flexibility among healthy young adults of both sexes, although the males showed greater improvement than females in the flexibility results.
研究人员的目的是检验瑜伽训练对女性姿势稳定性和柔韧性的影响。作者每周进行两次瑜伽训练，并使用坐立前屈测试、躯干伸展测试和躯干侧屈测试来评估柔韧性。他们使用设备和数据库系统来测量静态和动态平衡。然后，作者在第一、第五和第十次训练结束时重复了所有评估。研究结果表明，与女性组相比，男性参与者在一个单一参数（纵向摆动）上的结果明显较差，但在第一次瑜伽训练后，两组在该参数上具有统计学等效性。作者还发现，瑜伽对改善健康年轻男女的柔韧性都很有效，尽管男性在柔韧性方面的改善比女性更为明显。
