Biomechanical profile of suryanamaskar

Abstract

Abstract is the most important part of any educational process. The present research work was initiated with the thought that Surya Namaskar like pious set of should be assisted with some scientific basis. Number of yogis across the world is higher than ever and it is increasing day by day drastically, increase in number of participants draws attention of sports researchers and experts to throw some light on mechanical aspect of performing Surya Namaskar. The bio-mechanical profile of Surya Namaskar includes kinetic and kinematic analysis of first 7 posses. Study s analysis was confined to first 7 posse only because after completion of 7 poses the next starts repeating some of previously performed asana. This study was conducted on 100 subjects (50 female + 50 male) of government funded schools of Gwalior district. The study was conducted on both genders to widen the scope of study and to enhance the external validity of research findings. A written consent form was received signed by all subjects. newlineAll subjects were informed about the objectives and whole process of research well in advance. To ensure high instrument reliability the subject performance was recorded inside LNIPE s Sports Biomechanics laboratory. The present study has used most advanced pressure platform to measure kinetic data, the kinematic data were recorded with Nikon D100 DSLR camera and later analysed using Kinovea 2D motion analysis software. This motion analysis software was used to measure angles at different joints while performing first 7 poses of Surya Namskar. Out of 7 selected poses Pranama asana, Hastoutthan, Padhastasana were recorded on pressure platform while no kinetic data were recorded for rest of the four poses. Pressure distribution on each feet was more or less same on both feet newlinefor all three asanas. Under the umbrella of kinematic analysis six joint angles were recorded in sagittal plane on right side namely ankle, knee, hip, shoulder elbow, and wrist.