Effect of the poweryoga intervention programme on changes in the levels of static balance and body composition - BMI
Abstract
This contribution presents the results of a pilot study measuring changes in the levels of static balance and body composition (BMI) brought about by practising the poweryoga programme. The 3-month intervention programme was applied to an experimental group of female students at the Faculty of Science of Charles University in Prague.
The test to ascertain the static balance level measured the time for which the subjects were able to stand on one leg without visual control; the BMI data were obtained from the subjects' height-to-weight ratios. Although practised for a short-time only, the intervention programme resulted in positive changes in the static balance level (at a low level of signicance due to the small number of subjects involved).
BMI changes appeared to be negligible due to the short time and one-sidedness of the intervention. The results will be used to modify the motion content of the poweryoga intervention programme within a comprehensive study of the e ciency of the motion programme and in support of usefulness of this motion activity for female university students.