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Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Sports Medicine
  • Rehabilitation

Background:

  • Motor speed (MS) is crucial for daily activities and is influenced by various training interventions.
  • Yoga's impact on fine motor skills and repetitive movements remains an area requiring further investigation.
  • Assessing motor speed using finger tapping tasks provides quantifiable data on fine motor control.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effect of yoga training on motor speed (MS) in adults and children.
  • To determine if yoga training enhances sustained motor performance or endurance in repetitive finger movements.
  • To compare the changes in tapping speed (TS) across different time intervals (TS1, TS2, TS3) before and after yoga intervention.

Main Methods:

  • A finger tapping task was administered to 53 adults and 152 children before and after yoga training.
  • A control group of 38 adults not undergoing yoga training was included for comparison.
  • The 30-second tapping speed (TS) test was divided into three 10-second intervals (TS1, TS2, TS3) to analyze performance over time.

Main Results:

  • Yoga training led to a significant increase in tapping speed (TS) across all three intervals (TS1, TS2, TS3) for both adult and child groups.
  • Despite overall increases, TS2 and TS3 remained significantly lower than TS1 at both baseline and post-training assessments.
  • The improvement in TS was primarily observed during the initial 10 seconds of the test, with no sustained increase over the full 30 seconds.

Conclusions:

  • Yoga training effectively enhances motor speed for the initiation of repetitive finger movements.
  • The benefits of yoga on motor speed do not extend to improved endurance or sustained performance over a 30-second period.
  • Further research is needed to explore yoga's potential for improving motor endurance and strength.