Effectiveness of Mindfulness Yoga and Progressive Resistance Exercises on Anxiety and Depression among Parkinson’s Disease

Background: This study was designed to inspect the effectiveness of Mindfulness Yoga and Progressive resistanceexercise on anxiety and depression among Parkinson’s disease.Purpose: To compare the effectiveness of Mindfulness Yoga and Progressive resistance exercise on anxiety anddepression among Parkinson’s diseaseMaterials and Methods: The study was conducted with a sample size of 28 participants . The subjects were selectedfrom Sri Saga Physiotherapy Centre, according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Patients were completelyexplained about the safety and simplicity of the procedure and informed consent were obtained from the patient.For all the subjects Pre-test outcome measure were assessed using Hamilton anxiety and Hamilton depressionscale. The subjects was divided into two groups based on concealed envelope method .Group A were givenmindfulness yoga for 4 weeks of duration of 30 mins and Group-B were given Progressive resistance exercise for4 weeks (10 reps*3 sets where 10RM=1kg) .At the end of 4th week post outcome measures were analyzed usingHamilton anxiety and Hamilton depression scale and statistically tabulated.Result: Statistical analysis of Hamilton anxiety and Hamilton depression scale examination post-test valuesrevealed the constantly significant differences, with P value of < 0.0001.Conclusion: Mindfulness yoga was found to be more effective than progressive resistance exercise in reducinganxiety and depression symptoms among Parkinson’s patients.