TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Yoga on Cognitive Functions Among Adolescents
AU - Shetty, Lavya
AU - Reddy, Gajjela Govardhan
AU - Krishnan, Priyanka
AU - Toby, Indu
AU - Ts, Shwetha
AU - K, Annapoorna
PY - 2022/3/1
Y1 - 2022/3/1
N2 - Context: Yoga is beneficial in enhancing mental health and consequently cognitive growth. Some studies have show that yoga practice can improve cognitive functioning in children. Objective: The study intended to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based yoga intervention on the cognitive abilities-attention and memory-of adolescents. Design: The research team conducted a one-group, pretest-posttest study. Setting: The study occurred at a rural residential school in Udupi, Karnataka, and South India. Participants: Participants were a convenience sample of 36 adolescents, with a mean age of 12.19 ± 0.4 years, in the seventh grade at the school. Intervention: A senior yoga expert prepared a structured, yoga-intervention module, which was implemented, with each session lasting one hour and occurring five days a week for 12 weeks. Outcome Measures: The Digit Span Forward (DSF) and Digit Span Backward (DSB) tests and Letter-Number Sequencing (LNS) test were used by a trained research examiner to evaluate cognition. Results: Comparing the mean DSB, total digit span score, and LNS at baseline and postintervention showed significantly higher posttest scores than pretest ones, with P = .005, P = .005, and P = .001, respectively. Conclusions: Yoga training improves cognitive functions and is a simple, low-cost, and effective adjuvant modality.
AB - Context: Yoga is beneficial in enhancing mental health and consequently cognitive growth. Some studies have show that yoga practice can improve cognitive functioning in children. Objective: The study intended to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based yoga intervention on the cognitive abilities-attention and memory-of adolescents. Design: The research team conducted a one-group, pretest-posttest study. Setting: The study occurred at a rural residential school in Udupi, Karnataka, and South India. Participants: Participants were a convenience sample of 36 adolescents, with a mean age of 12.19 ± 0.4 years, in the seventh grade at the school. Intervention: A senior yoga expert prepared a structured, yoga-intervention module, which was implemented, with each session lasting one hour and occurring five days a week for 12 weeks. Outcome Measures: The Digit Span Forward (DSF) and Digit Span Backward (DSB) tests and Letter-Number Sequencing (LNS) test were used by a trained research examiner to evaluate cognition. Results: Comparing the mean DSB, total digit span score, and LNS at baseline and postintervention showed significantly higher posttest scores than pretest ones, with P = .005, P = .005, and P = .001, respectively. Conclusions: Yoga training improves cognitive functions and is a simple, low-cost, and effective adjuvant modality.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 35732063
AN - SCOPUS:85132632467
SN - 1470-3556
VL - 36
SP - 4
EP - 7
JO - Advances in Mind-Body Medicine
JF - Advances in Mind-Body Medicine
IS - 2
ER -
