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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2067</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF YOGA, TAI CHI AND AEROBIC EXERCISES ON BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS&#13;
AND MOOD CHANGES OF AIR SQUADRON NCC&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Alagesan</surname><given-names>Jagatheesan</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Trivedi</surname><given-names>Upasna N.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Anandh</surname><given-names>Vaiyapuri</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>196</fpage><lpage>201</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Background __ampersandsignamp; Objective: The very essence of yoga lies in attaining mental peace, improved concentration and relaxed state of living. Tai Chi in general reduces stress levels and emotional problems while improving concentration, attention and self confidence. Psychological benefits of aerobic exercises adds person to feel happy and remain in a positive mood. National Cadet Corps (NCC) is large pool of trained youth available for employment into the Armed Forces. The cadets are prepared to face different difficulties in their field of work except for how to handle the stress and depression that comes along with it. So this study aimed to investigate the influence of Yoga, Tai Chi and Aerobic Exercises on individual behavioral patterns and the mood changes of No.1 Gujarat Air Squadron NCC in Vadodara, India. Method: Air squadron NCC within the age range of 18- 25 years were randomly assigned in to yoga group, tai chi group and aerobic exercise group with 28 volunteers in each. All three groups received intervention for 20 minutes as per the protocol of the group along with warm up and cool down for 5 minutes under supervision. The behavioral patterns and mood changes were evaluated by a questionnaire adopted from the Profile of Mood States Score and Subjective Exercise Experience Scale before and after intervention. Result: The Mean __ampersandsignplusmn; SD for behavioral pattern __ampersandsignamp; mood changes in yoga group before intervention is 36.07__ampersandsignplusmn;5.11 __ampersandsignamp; 18.39__ampersandsignplusmn;5.64, after 39.57 __ampersandsignplusmn;3.93 __ampersandsignamp; 11.85__ampersandsignplusmn;1.60 with p__ampersandsignlt;0.05 showing beneficial changes. In tai chi group before intervention is 35.71__ampersandsignplusmn;6.63 __ampersandsignamp; 18.64__ampersandsignplusmn;7.00, after&#13;
37.35__ampersandsignplusmn;3.69 __ampersandsignamp; 20.17__ampersandsignplusmn;3.35 with p__ampersandsignlt;0.05 showing beneficial changes. In aerobic exercise group before intervention is 38.42__ampersandsignplusmn;4.72 __ampersandsignamp; 16.21__ampersandsignplusmn;5.77 after 36.17__ampersandsignplusmn;3.03 __ampersandsignamp; 22.03__ampersandsignplusmn;3.27 with p__ampersandsignlt;0.05 showing detrimental change. Statistically significant positive changes noticed in yoga and tai chi with greater changes in yoga group while aerobic group was showing detrimental change. Conclusion: Immediate effect of yoga is beneficial than tai chi on individual behavioral patterns and mood changes of Air Squadron NCC while aerobic exercises were detrimental.&#13;
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</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Yoga</kwd><kwd> Tai Chi</kwd><kwd> Aerobic Exercise</kwd><kwd> Behavioral Pattern</kwd><kwd> Mood Changes</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
