Satya Prakash Purohit|Balaram Pradhan
Effect of yoga program on executive functions of adolescents dwelling in an orphan home: A randomized controlled study
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana|Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana
executive function ef important physical mental health children studies shown children poverty early life stress reduced ef aim study evaluate effect yoga program ef orphan adolescents seventy two apparently healthy orphan adolescents randomized allocated two groups yoga group n 40 14 girls age 1269 135 yrs wait list control wlc group n 32 13 girls age 1258 152 yrs yoga group underwent three months yoga program schedule 90 min per day four days per week whereas wlc group followed routine activities assessed stroop colorword task digit symbol substitution test dsst digits span test trial making test tmt beginning end program repeated measures anova showed significant difference time group interactions p 005 subtests stroop colorword task digit span test parta tmt whereas significant difference found dsst tmt partb posthoc test bonferroni adjustment also showed significant improvements p 0001 within yoga group test scores wrong score dsst exhibit significant reduction whereas wlc group showed significant improvement p 005 stroop color colorword score net score dsst digit span forward digit span total three months yoga program found useful young orphan adolescents improving executive functions