Effect of Sudarshan Kriya Yogaand Physical Exercise on Fasting Blood Sugar and Perceived Stress in Prediabetic Subjects

Objective: The present study is performed to study the effect of Sudarshan kriya yoga and physical exercise on fasting blood sugar and perceived stress level in prediabetic subjects. Material and Methods: One hundred prediabetic subjects were enrolled in this study at Department of Physiology, S.P. Medical College, Bikaner, with informed consent. They were divided into two groups SKY and PE, having 50 subjects in each group. Then they were undergone the prescribed interventions regularly for the duration of three months. Fasting blood sugar and perceived stress level were measured at baseline and after 3 months of SKY and PE interventions. Results: SKY intervention resulted in statistically highly significant decrease in FBS and PSS (p<0.001) after 3 months of regular practices in the study subjects. PE intervention also caused statistically highly significant decrease in FBS and PSS (p<0.001) after 3 months of regular brisk walking practices in the study participants. Conclusion: SKY and PE interventions are found to statistically significant decrease in FBS and PSS in study participants. Application of SKY and PE in early course of development of DM2 may be helpful to prevent development of these clinical cases. The underlying mechanism to decrease FBS and PSS in the study participants, may be by increased parasympathetic activity along with decreased sympathetic activity.