Effect of Pranayama (Ancient Indian Breathing Techniques) in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Patients: A Prospective Randomized Control Trial

Abstract

Pranayama is an art of prolongation and control of breath, which helps the person to bring his conscious
awareness in breathing; to reshape his breathing habits and patterns these in turn produce various
biochemical and physiological changes in the body milieu which need no proof.
Materials and Methods: A total of 40 patients having cholelithiasis which consisted 34 females and
6 males (All were nonsmoker) with age varying from 18years to 82years were recruited from our
hospital, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical sciences, Saifai. Etawah.
Results: In our study we found that the mean alertness level at 1 hour post op in subject groups was 7.2
in respect to 5.8 in the control group, which has a significant value.