International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research

E-ISSN: 2582-2160   •   Impact Factor: 9.24

A Widely Indexed Open Access Peer Reviewed Multidisciplinary Bi-monthly Scholarly International Journal

Call for Paper Volume 7, Issue 1 (January-February 2025) Submit your research before last 3 days of February to publish your research paper in the issue of January-February.
Submit Research Paper Join as a Reviewer

Plagiarism is checked by the leading plagiarism checker TurnItIn

Call for Paper

Volume 7 Issue 1
January-February 2025

Submit your research paper

Indexing Partners
Academia Advanced Sciences Index Bielefeld Academic Search Engine CiteSeer DRJI Google Scholar Independent Search Engine & Directory Network ISI (International Scientific Indexing) Issuu Mendeley Research Networks
RefSeek ResearcherId - Thomson Reuters ResearchGate Scirus Scribd Semantic Scholar UTeM - Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka Wiki for Call for Papers WorldCat Zenodo

Effect of Mat Exercise and Yoga with Fitball on Body Mass Index, Abdominal Obesity & Quality of Life in Young Overweight Individuals-an Experimental Study

Author(s) Sofiza Banu Zakir Husen Imam, Dr. Dhara Vaghela
Country India
Abstract BACKGROUND: Obesity is a metabolic disorder with excessive fat accumulation in different parts of the body, and it is a risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. The regular exercise reduce the risk for metabolic disease through numerous mechanisms. Several studies have shown that exercise induced relative loss of fat seems to be higher in the abdominal region than other regions. Very few studies have assessed the effect of mat exercise and yoga with ball on BMI, abdominal obesity and quality of life in overweight individuals.
AIM: The aim of the study is to compare the effect of mat exercise and yoga with fitball on BMI, abdominal obesity and quality of life in young overweight individuals.
METHOD: 40 overweight individuals between the ages of 18 to 35 years were included in the study according to the inclusion criteria, patients were divided into 2 groups. Group 1 received Mat exercises and Group 2 received Yoga with fit ball intervention. Treatment took place for 3 times a week for 8 weeks. Pre and post intervention BMI, Abdominal skin fold thickness, Waist-hip ratio, Quality of life were assessed. Data were analysed using statistical package for social science version 20 (SPSS v20) and Microsoft excel 365 with the significance level of statical analysis is p < 0.05.
OUTCOMES: Body mass index, abdominal skin fold thickness, Waist-hip ratio, WHOQOL-Brief.
RESULT: The result of present study showed that there was statistically significant improvement in Body mass index, Abdominal skin fold thickness, Waist-hip ratio and, Quality of life in both the groups post intervention in within group analysis and WHQOL-Brief scale Physical domain score post intervention in between group comparison (p<0.05).
There was no statistically significant difference in BMI, Abdominal akin fold thickness, Waist-Hip ratio, WHOQOL-Brief scale psychological, social relationship and, environmental domains in between group analysis (p>0.05).
CONCLUSION: From the present study it is concluded that 8 weeks intervention programme of mat exercise and yoga with fitball training both are equally effective in reducing BMI, and abdominal obesity and improving health related quality of life in young overweight individuals.
Keywords KEY WORDS: Abdominal obesity, Abdominal skin fold thickness, Body mass index, Overweight, Quality of life, Waist-hip ratio, WHOQOL brief.
Field Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 7, Issue 1, January-February 2025
Published On 2025-01-11
Cite This Effect of Mat Exercise and Yoga with Fitball on Body Mass Index, Abdominal Obesity & Quality of Life in Young Overweight Individuals-an Experimental Study - Sofiza Banu Zakir Husen Imam, Dr. Dhara Vaghela - IJFMR Volume 7, Issue 1, January-February 2025. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i01.34998
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i01.34998
Short DOI https://doi.org/g82gtf
View / Download PDF File

Share this



E-ISSN 2582-2160
CrossRef

CrossRef DOI is assigned to each research paper published in our journal.

IJFMR DOI prefix is
10.36948/ijfmr

Downloads
Research Paper Format Copyright Permission Form and Undertaking Form Cover Page Vol 7 Isu 1Cover Page Vol 6 Isu 6Cover Page Vol 6 Isu 5

All research papers published on this website are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, and all rights belong to their respective authors/researchers.

CC-BY-SA Open Access

About IJFMR
Fees & Payment
Current Issue
Publication Archive 		Submit Research Paper
Track Submission Status
Publication Guidelines
Publication Ethics
Peer Review & Plagiarism 		Join as a Reviewer
Editors & Reviewers
Reviewer Referral Program
Get Reviewer Membership Certi. 		Website/Journal Policies
Usage Policy
Content Policies
Privacy Policy
Contact Us +91-9687-828-838 editor@ijfmr.com