Current Issue : April - June Volume : 2013 Issue Number : 2 Articles : 6 Articles
Amongst the popular exotic fermented milk products, yoghurt is gaining more popularity in India. The fermented products have therapeutic properties and high nutritive value. For many years, only plain yoghurt was available in the market, but now there has been a good demand for fruit yoghurt. Since acceptability of plain yoghurt can be enhanced by adding fruits and sugar, this study was carried out with the objective of developing ber yoghurt by using household processing technique. Eight forms of ber yoghurt (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H) were prepared. Sensory evaluation of eight variants was done using composite scoring test. On the basis of overall acceptability of sensory evaluation variants (A, E and C) got the highest mean scores, i.e., 4.5 �± 0.25, 4.3 �± 0.52 and 4.3 �± 0.29 respectively. Then three best (A, E, C) were selected for chemical and shelf life analysis. Chemical analysis included the estimation of total solids, moisture, ash, protein, fat, iron, calcium, ascorbic acid, reducing and non reducing sugar and crude fibre. Chemical analysis of variants (A, C and E) revealed negligible differences in their mean values of total solids (25.20�±0.11, 25.24�±0.15 and 25.21�±0.15), protein (4.09�±0.05, 4.05�±0.05 and 4.04�±0.05), fat (0.74�±0.15, 0.75�±0.05 and 0.74�±0.11) and the same calcium value (148.0�±0.10)....
An estimated 70% of people will experience low back pain at some point in their lives, and recurrence rates\r\ncan be as high as 85%. Recent studies suggest that yoga ââ?¬â?? a widely practiced physical/mental discipline ââ?¬â?? may\r\nrelieve back pain and reduce functional disability. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review and\r\nmeta-analysis of the existing research on the effects of yoga on chronic low back pain and function. Our literature\r\nsearch began April 2011 and continued through October 2011. Cochrane, PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, ProQuest\r\nDissertations and Theses, Google Scholar, and Clinicaltrials.gov databases were searched electronically. The search\r\nterms used were: yoga AND back pain. A total of 58 relevant studies were originally identified through the database\r\nsearches. Of those, 45 were excluded on the basis of the title and/or review of the abstract. The 13 remaining studies\r\nwere fully evaluated via a careful review of the full text. On the basis of the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 6 studies\r\nwere excluded, leaving a total of 7 studies to be included in the meta-analyses of the impact of yoga on low back pain\r\nand function. Effect sizes were calculated as the standardized mean difference and meta-analyses were completed\r\nusing a random-effects model. Overall, yoga was found to result in a medium, beneficial effect on chronic low back\r\npain [overall effect size (ES) = 0.58, p<0.001], indicating that subjects practicing yoga reported significantly less pain\r\nthan control subjects. Yoga subjects also reported significantly less functional disability after the intervention (overall\r\nES = 0.53, p<0.001). Moreover, the improvements in pain and function for yoga subjects remained statistically\r\nsignificant 12-24 weeks after the end of the intervention (overall ES = 0.44-0.54, p=0.002). In conclusion, yoga\r\npractice can significantly reduce pain and increase functional ability in chronic low back pain patients....
Background: To investigate the acceptance and adherence to an intervention that included teaching Pelvic\r\nFloor (PF) muscle exercises to women who underwent the routine examination for cervical cancer prevention.\r\n\r\nMethods: This prospective study occurred in a primary care setting. Thirty-eight women who received a functional\r\nassessment of the PF musculature and behavioural guidance were interviewed by telephone two months later. The\r\nintervention consisted of one single section of teaching adequate contraction and PF exercises. Questionnaires\r\nwere employed that addressed urinary losses, level of physical activity, sexual function (Female Sexual Function\r\nIndex - FSFI) and open questions for adherence and acceptance. Pelvic floor muscle were evaluated immediately\r\nafter the routine examination for cervical cancer prevention with vaginal palpation and ranked with Ortiz scale.\r\nDescriptive statistics and the Mann Whitney U test were used for p < 05.\r\n\r\nResults: Twenty-four women (63.1%) adhered to the recommended exercises. The reports of the participants\r\ndemonstrated that they accepted the intervention and showed a positive impact on diverse aspects: knowledge, sex\r\nlife, encouragement to practice physical exercise and PF exercises, and improvement in urinary loss symptoms.\r\nThe FSFI mean score was 21.87 (sd = 8.74; median = 23.1). Aspects such as age, schooling, and level of physical\r\nactivity, body mass index, sexual function, and urinary loss symptoms did not affect adherence.\r\n\r\nConclusion: Preventive actions such as the one described here constitute a way of facilitating access to\r\nhealthcare among the population with the lowest financial means. This suggests that such interventions should be\r\nencouraged in primary health care settings....
The objective of this literature review is to gain insight into the effectiveness of yoga as a therapy for musculoskeletal disorders. An extensive search of databases was performed to identify studies on yoga interventions and the effectiveness of yoga in people with the disorders. This review identified intervention studies that used randomized controlled trials, as well as nonrandomized controlled trials, and summarized and synthesized evidence of effectiveness of yoga. A literature search yielded 31 intervention studies that met inclusion criteria and they were included in this review. Based on the reviewed studies, yoga intervention is moderately feasible and is likely to be equal to or superior to exercise or usual care for reducing pain and pain medication use. Methodological limitations are identified in many of the studies, such as sample size, lack of reliable sham controls, and not blinding researchers to treatment and nontreatment groups....
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Ninety-two prenatally depressed women were randomly assigned to yoga or a social support control group at 22 weeks gestation. The yoga group participated in a 20-minute group session (only physical poses) once per week for 12 weeks. The social support group (a leaderless discussion group) met on the same schedule. At the end of the first and last sessions, the yoga group as compared to the social support group reported less depression, anxiety, anger, back and leg pain, unlike the support group who did not show immediate effects. At the end of the treatment period, the yoga group and the support group did not differ and they both had lower summary depression (CES-D) scores, as well as lower negative effect and somatic/vegetative symptoms subscale scores on the CES-D and lower scores on the other depression measures (EPDS and POMS), lower anxiety (STAI) scores, lower anger (STAXI) scores and improved relationship quality scores. In addition, cortisol levels decreased for both groups after the sessions and at the end of the treatment period. Estriol and progesterone levels increased across the treatment period and decreased after the last session for both groups. Depression and anxiety levels also decreased for both groups at the postpartum period. Thus, this study suggests that yoga as compared to social support sessions may have greater immediate effects on depression, anger, back and leg pain, but that both yoga and social support had positive effects on depressed pregnant women over the longer term....
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