
Effect of two selected yogic breathing techniques on heart rate variability. Raghuraj P, Ramakrishnan A, Nagendra H, Telles S. Immediate effect of three yoga breathing techniques on performance on a letter-cancellation task. Telles S, Raghuraj P, Maharana S, Nagendra H. Differential effects of uninostril and alternate nostril pranayamas on cardiovascular parameters and reaction time. 2012 5(2):102.īhavanani AB, Ramanathan M, Balaji R, Pushpa D. Yoga breathing through a particular nostril is associated with contralateral event-related potential changes. Blood pressure and purdue pegboard scores in individuals with hypertension after alternate nostril breathing, breath awareness, and no intervention. Changes in P300 following alternate nostril yoga breathing and breath awareness. Blood pressure and heart rate variability during yoga-based alternate nostril breathing practice and breath awareness. Immediate effect of ‘nadi-shodhana pranayama’on some selected parameters of cardiovascular, pulmonary, and higher functions of brain. Effect of nadi shodhan pranayama on pulmonary functions. Effect of anulom vilom pranayam on visual reaction time in young adults of Indian population.

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Alternate nostril breathing at different rates and its influence on heart rate variability in non-practitioners of yoga. Yoga breathing through a particular nostril increases spatial memory scores without lateralized effects. Effect of Nadi Shodhana Pranayama on Respiratory parameters in school students. Pranayama increases grip strength without lateralized effects 1997. Raghuraj P, Nagarathna R, Nagendra H, Telles S. Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions: John Wiley and Sons 2011. The yoga sutras of Patanjali: A new edition, translation, and commentary: North Point Press 2015. More clinical trials are required to evaluate the effects of alternate nostril breathing in clinical populations and to synthesize effective frequency and duration parameters.īryant EF.

There is also high level of evidence regarding improvement in cognitive functioning with regular practice of alternate nostril breathing. This technique provides high level evidence for positive outcomes for the autonomic nervous and cardiopulmonary systems. Alternate nostril breathing has few variations and standardization of the technique is yet to be established. Most of the studies included healthy subjects and age range was eight to seventy years. Of the studies, ten showed a high level of bias twenty-nine showed a low level of bias and five showed an unknown level of bias as per Cochrane systemic review guidelines. These studies evaluated the effects of alternate nostril breathing on parameters of the autonomic nervous system, cardiopulmonary system, cognitive functioning, problem solving and motor memory retention. Forty-four randomized controlled trials were included in this review paper. PubMed/Medline, Cinahl, Web of Science and Google Scholar were searched using the following terms: Alternate nostril breathing, Anulom-vilom/ anuloma-viloma pranayama, Nadi-shodhan/Nadi-shodhana pranayama. This study aimed to summarize effects of independent ANB on various physiological parameters, to evaluate safety issues in clinical populations and collect published primary scientific evidence on the benefits of ANB. 716 Plaza Drive, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 07095, USAĪlternate nostril breathing, Anulom-vilom pranayama, Cardio-pulmonary and autonomic function, Slow breathing exercises, Systemic review, Yoga AbstractĪnulom-vilom Pranayama/ alternate nostril breathing (ANB)/Nadi-suddhi pranayama is one of the common yogic breathing techniques and involves breathing through one nostril at a time while closing the other nostril manually.
