The effect of yoga breath techniques on the breath capacity of choir students

The aim of this study is to determine the effects of yoga breathing techniques on respiratory function capacity of second and third year students at the Music Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design. In the 2013-2014 academic year, pre-test and post-test matched control group quasi-experimental design was used in the study which was conducted on the second and third grade students studying in the Music Sciences of İnönü University Faculty of Fine Arts and Design. In this study, an experimental and control group consisting of 20 males and 20 females who do not regularly practice yoga and do not have any health problems was formed. While the control group continued normal life activities for 10 weeks, "Original Yoga System" breathing techniques program was applied to the experimental group twice a week for 15 minutes. Before and after the breathing techniques program, FVC, FEV1 and FEV1 / FVC measurement tests of the experimental and control groups were performed with lung vital capacity tester in Malatya Turgut Özal Medical Center Hospital Chest Diseases Department. The results were evaluated with a statistical program. As a result of the study, no statistically significant difference was found between FVC, FEV1 and FEV1 / FVC, age variable and FVC and FEV1 / FVC mean values, but a statistically significant difference was found between FEV1 and FEV1 mean values. While there was a statistically significant difference between the FVC and FEV1 pre-test and post-test averages of the individuals in the experimental group, no statistically significant difference was found between the FEV1 / FVC mean values in the pre-test and post-test.