Suwannakul Boonsita, Sangkarit Noppharath, Thammachai Ajchamon, Tapanya Weerasak
Department of Physical Therapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Phayao, 19/2 Maeka Subdistrict, Muang District, Phayao 56000, Thailand.
Hong Kong Physiother J. 2025 Jun;45(1):23-33. doi: 10.1142/S1013702525500027. Epub 2024 Apr 27.
Stress and sedentary lifestyles negatively impact the physical fitness of overweight and obese female university students. Physical activity has been shown to promote psychological as well as physical wellness. However, the effects of Surya Namaskar (SN) yoga on stress and physical fitness remain unclear.
This study aimed to compare the physical fitness, anthropometric measures, and perceived stress between the SN yoga training program group and the control group.
In a randomized controlled study, 44 overweight and obese female university students participated. For 8 weeks, the exercise group received training in SN yoga, whereas the control group was not permitted to participate in any form of exercise. At baseline and after 8 weeks of training, all participants completed the Thai Perceived Stress Scale-10 (T-PSS-10), and assessed the body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio, body fat percentage, maximum oxygen consumption (VOmax), and muscle strength and flexibility. We used the dependent -test or Wilcoxon sign rank test to examine the differences between the T-PSS-10 and physical fitness within each group. The statistical differences of all parameters between the two groups were compared using an independent -test or a Mann-Whitney test. A - was considered statistically significant.
Compared to the baseline, the SN yoga group's post-training period had a significant increase ( ) in forward back flexibility, hand grip strength, leg strength, and VOmax, while a significant decrease ( ) in T-PSS-10 scores and BMI. In addition, we found a significant difference between the both groups in forward back flexibility and T-PSS-10 scores in the post-training period ( and , respectively).
This study's findings demonstrated that SN yoga is a useful exercise for enhancing overweight and obese female university students' perceived stress scales and physical fitness.
压力和久坐不动的生活方式对超重和肥胖的女大学生的身体健康产生负面影响。体育活动已被证明能促进心理和身体健康。然而，太阳致敬式瑜伽（SN）对压力和身体健康的影响仍不明确。
本研究旨在比较SN瑜伽训练项目组和对照组之间的身体素质、人体测量指标和感知压力。
在一项随机对照研究中，44名超重和肥胖的女大学生参与其中。为期8周，运动组接受SN瑜伽训练，而对照组不允许参加任何形式的运动。在基线和训练8周后，所有参与者完成泰国感知压力量表-10（T-PSS-10），并评估体重指数（BMI）、腰臀比、体脂百分比、最大摄氧量（VOmax）以及肌肉力量和柔韧性。我们使用配对t检验或Wilcoxon符号秩检验来检验每组内T-PSS-10和身体素质之间的差异。两组之间所有参数的统计差异使用独立t检验或Mann-Whitney检验进行比较。P<0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
与基线相比，SN瑜伽组训练后期的前后灵活性、握力、腿部力量和VOmax显著增加（P<0.05），而T-PSS-10得分和BMI显著降低（P<0.05）。此外，我们发现两组在训练后期的前后灵活性和T-PSS-10得分存在显著差异（分别为P<0.05和P<0.01）。
本研究结果表明，SN瑜伽是一种有助于提高超重和肥胖女大学生感知压力量表和身体素质的运动。
