Papers by Soubhagyalaxmi Mohanty
The British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2014
Mobility of the visually impaired (VI) requires greater proprioception. Yoga practice has been sh... more Mobility of the visually impaired (VI) requires greater proprioception. Yoga practice has been shown to improve proprioception in normal sighted children and may therefore be expected to do so in VI students. To study the effect of yoga practice on proprioception in VI students. In a wait-listed two-armed-matched case–control study, 54 (28 yoga, 26 control) VI students of both genders aged 10–19 years from two blind schools were assessed for proprioceptive function on a kinesthesiometer on the 1st and 30th days. The yoga group practiced a specific yoga module for 1½ hr daily, which included a complete spectrum of yoga activities. The control group had no intervention. Baseline data matched between groups on all variables. There was a significant decrease in error score of proprioceptive sense measurement at 20° and 120° positions of the right elbow within the yoga group, whereas significant difference between the groups at 120° position of the right elbow. Overall, the yoga group sh...
International Journal of Yoga
Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly
Physical activities provide fundamental benefits to children’s health and well-being. They are vi... more Physical activities provide fundamental benefits to children’s health and well-being. They are vital for development and healthy life, but participation of children with visual impairment is limited. Herein, the authors report results of a 16-wk yoga program, evaluating its effects on physical fitness in children with visual impairment. Eighty-three children age 9–16 years (12.37 ± 2.19) participated in a 2-arm, single-blind wait-list-controlled study at a residential school in south India. Participants (yoga group 41, controls 42) were assessed on muscle strength, flexibility, endurance, coordination, and respiratory health. Significant improvements in physical fitness were observed after the yoga intervention (Group × Time interactions for right-hand grip strength, p
British Journal of Visual Impairment
Yoga has been found to be an effective intervention in children with visual impairment. Yoga modu... more Yoga has been found to be an effective intervention in children with visual impairment. Yoga modules used in previous studies were based on individual researcher’s experience. However, no mention was given of them being endorsed by other specialists in the field. This study aimed to develop, validate, and assess the feasibility of a yoga module exclusively for children with visual impairment. A yoga module was developed based on traditional and contemporary yoga literature and published studies with the objectives of determining needs of the participants and yoga practices that could prove efficient. Its validation was carried out with 25 experts over two rounds of iteration and feasibility of the practices evaluated on nine children with visual impairment. Tennis ball throw and standing vertical jump tests were done to evaluate success of yoga practice. A total of 30 yoga practices with content validity ratio ⩾ 0.37 were retained in the final yoga module. All experts opined that th...
Isokinetics and Exercise Science
International Journal of Yoga, 2016
Journal of Caring Sciences, 2015
International journal of yoga
Childhood visual deficiency impairs children's neuro-psychomotor development, considerably af... more Childhood visual deficiency impairs children's neuro-psychomotor development, considerably affecting physical, mental, social, and emotional health. Yoga's multifaceted approach may help children with visual impairment (VI) to cope with their challenges. This study aimed to develop a special protocol for teaching yoga to children with VI, and to evaluate their preferred method of learning. The study was carried out at Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind, Bengaluru, South India. Forty-one students volunteered to learn yoga practices, and classes were held weekly 5 days, 1 hr per session for 16 weeks. The study introduced a new method using a sequence of five teaching steps: verbal instructions, tactile modeling, step-by-step teaching, learning in a group, and physical guidance. A questionnaire concerning the preferred steps of learning was then given to each student, and verbal answers were obtained. A total of 33 (out of 41), aged 11.97 ± 1.94, 15 girls and 18 boys respon...
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Papers by Soubhagyalaxmi Mohanty