Date of Award
1-13-2011
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Exercise Science, MS
First Advisor
Brian Church
Committee Members
Jim Stillwell; Lance Bryant; Thomas Adams II
Call Number
LD 251 .A566t 2010 H17
Abstract
Research has shown that yoga training and a single bout of yoga decreases delayed onset muscle soreness in the lower extremity. The effect of a single bout of yoga in non-yoga trained individuals following a DOMS-inducing stepping exercise on muscle soreness and torque loss was assessed in this study. Sixteen college-aged females volunteered for this study and were divided into a yoga treatment group and a control group. On the first day of testing the participants completed a VAS, Visual Analog Scale, assessment of pre-exercise pain, and a sit and reach test to measure flexibility. The participants also completed a Biodex torque assessment in which five concentric contractions were completed with the left leg at 240 degrees per second. Following the Biodex assessment, participants completed a bench-stepping protocol which required stepping on a bench at a height of 110% of midpatellar distance to floor at a cadence of 62 beats per minute for twenty minutes. Rate of perceived exertion was assessed at 5, 10, 15 and 20 minutes to measure intensity of exercise. The yoga treatment group performed a thirty minute yoga session immediately following the bench-stepping exercise while the control group rested. Both groups then completed another VAS to assess pain. On days 2-5 participants returned to the testing laboratory to complete VAS, sit and reach, and Biodex assessments. A 2 X 5 repeated measures ANOVA was completed for sit and reach flexibility, extension torque, flexion torque and VAS pain. This study does not show an effect of a single bout of yoga training on soreness and torque loss following a DOMS-inducing exercise in participants with no prior yoga training. The main finding in this study was that the greatest amount of torque loss was at 72 hours post exercise.
Rights Management
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Recommended Citation
Hawkins, Taffy Zghana, "Effect of Yoga on Soreness and Torque Loss Following a DOMS-inducing Exercise" (2011). Student Theses and Dissertations. 963.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/963
