“EFFECTIVENESS OF CHAIR YOGA IN GERIATRIC WITH TYPE - 2 DIABETES MELLITUS –AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY”

Abstract

Diabetes is a major cause of morbility and mortality through these outcomes are not due to immediate effects of the disorder they are instead related to the disease that develop as a result of chronic diabetes mellitus Type 2 diabetes accounts for more than 90% of patients with diabetes and leads to microvascular and macrovascular complications. Objective: The study aims to nd the effectiveness of chair yoga for geriatrics with type -2 diabetes mellitus Method: In a 6-week intervention study 30 participants of diabetes mellitus type 2 were studied. They were divided into a group by convenience sampling, that participants receive chair yoga. pre and post-treatment data were collected and analyzed using SPSS 22.0 paired ttest were used to nd out the signicance of the treatment. A signica Results: nt improvement in strength (p<0.05) after the treatment was found. Greater statistically signicant improvement was seen in participants with type-2 DM. The study concluded that the effectiveness of Conclusion: chair yoga improves muscle strength in participants with type-2 DM and prevents the risk of diabetes mellitus.