Title
Effect of alternate nostril breathing on evoked potentials among internet addicts
Authors
Karthika Priyadharshini Udayakumar1,*, Pavithra Mahendiran2, Jayamala Annachira Kushalappa1 & S. Murugaiyan3
Affiliation
1Department of Physiology, Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital and Research Center, Ariyur, Pondicherry; 2CRRI, Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital, and Research Center, Ariyur, Pondicherry; 3The World Community Service Center, Puducherry. *Corresponding author
Karthika Priyadharshini Udayakumar -
E–mail: karthikapriyadharshini@svmchrc.ac.in &
karthi.karthiuday.uday@gmail.com
Jayamala Annachira Kushalappa – E-mail:
jayamala@svmchrc.ac.in
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received November 1, 2022; Revised November 29, 2022; Accepted November 30, 2022, Published November 30, 2022
Abstract
Increased availability of smartphones and easy access to the internet among adolescents has resulted in Internet Addiction (IA). Effects of IA and Pranayama on evoked potential are available but studies on the comparison of immediate and 6-week effects of alternate nostril breathing on evoked potentials among medicos with internet addiction are not available as per our search in PubMed, hence the study was chosen. In this comparative study 100 male and female medical students aged between 18-25 years, with internet addiction scores≥50 were included as study participants. P300 auditory event-related potential and pattern reversal visual evoked potential (VEP) were recorded before, immediately, and 6 weeks after practicing pranayama. Repeated measure ANOVA shows statistically significant change (P< 0.05) in P300 amplitude, P100 latency, N145 latency, and VEP amplitude. The post hoc Bonferroni test shows that P100 latency and N145 latency significantly reduced immediately after 15 minutes of pranayama. P300 amplitude and VEP amplitude significantly increased only after practicing pranayama for 6 weeks. Pranayama has an immediate effect on latency, but it takes 6 weeks of practice to significantly change amplitude.
Keywords
Alternate nostril breathing, internet addiction, p300, visual evoked potential
Citation
Udayakumar et al. Bioinformation 18(11): 1075-1080 (2022)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
