Effect of Curcumin in Experimental Peritonitis.

Despite medical advancements, the inflammatory cascade and oxidative stress worsen the prognosis in most cases of peritonitis. Curcumin has emerged as a potential antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent in few of the acute inflammatory and infective conditions. We examined the effect of intraperitoneal injection of curcumin in endotoxin-induced peritonitis in rats.

Exposure to Repeated Mini-objective Structured Practical Examinations as A Formative Assessment Tool to the Students and Faculty in Physiology Practicals.

The study aimed to look at the influence of mini-Objective Structured Practical Examinations (OSPEs) as a formative assessment tool for students and teachers. All first year MBBS students of 2013-14 batch of St. John’s Medical College (n=60) went through four mini-OSPE sessions consisting of 5 sets of 6 stations each during 3 months of hematology practicals and final OSPE after 2 months.

Effects of physical activity on pupil cycle time (PCT) in healthy Indian male.

Globally, physical inactivity is an important risk factor for the development of non-communicable disease consisting of coronary artery disease, as well as, other diseases including hypertension, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, and certain types of cancers. Parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) activity in the eye is determined by the pupil cycle time (PCT) can be comparable with cardiac parasympathetic response and thereby determine the morbidity and mortality among individuals. The PCT is measured by throwing white light on the edge of the pupil.

Effects of yoga training and detraining on physical performance measures in prepubertal children--a randomized trial.

Purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of yoga training and detraining on physical performance measures in pre-pubertal (7-9 year old) school going children. Subjects were randomized to two groups - yoga group and Physical exercise (PE) group after the baseline assessment. All the subjects were assessed for strength, endurance, whole body endurance through 20 meter shuttle and physical fitness, at 3 time points - Baseline, 3 months Post intervention and 3 months after detraining.

Effect of yoga training and detraining on respiratory muscle strength in pre-pubertal children: A randomized trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of yoga on forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in I(st) second (FEV1), peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), FEVI/FVC ratio, and pulmonary pressures [maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP), maximum expiratory pressure (MEP) at the end of 3 months yoga training and the detraining effect on the above parameters in 7-9-years-old school going children.

Materials And Methods: A total of 100 participants were recruited from a school in Bangalore. After baseline assessments, the participants were randomly allocated to either yoga or physical activity group.

Gender differences in age-related changes in cardiac autonomic nervous function.

Ageing is associated with changes in cardiac autonomic control as measured by Heart Rate Variability (HRV). Not many studies have explored the influence of gender on age-related changes in cardiac autonomic regulation. This study evaluated the gender differences in age-associated changes in cardiac autonomic nervous activity by assessing HRV using frequency domain analysis of short-term stationary R-R intervals.

Comparison of cardiac autonomic activity between pre and post menopausal women using heart rate variability.

Ageing is associated with a decline in short-term indexes of heart rate variability (HRV). But there is little evidence regarding the extent to which age-related changes in HRV depend on simultaneous changes in levels of estrogen and body composition as it occurs from pre menopausal state to postmenopausal state. The purpose of this study was (i) to compare HRV between pre and postmenopausal women, (ii) to determine whether difference in age, estrogen level and body composition could account for the difference in HRV between these two groups.