The effect of yoga Exercise on blood pressure, plasma insulin and blood sugar of type (II) diabetes patients

The goal of conducting present research is to test the effect of 12-weeks selected yoga exercise on selected physiological factors and blood sugar of patients who suffer from type II diabetes. In this semi-experimental research, from the females who have diabetes in Isfahan Township, 26 women with age range of (45-60) years old and weight rage of (60-91kg) voluntarily and in access choice and were put in two groups of experimental 16 patients) and control (20 patients). experimental group within the period of 12 weeks (3 sessions in a week, each session 75 minutes) did a selected yoga exercise, Whereas control group had no regular and systematic physical activity. In this research, variables to be tested were blood sugar, plasma insulin level, systolic blood pressure and also weight, body mass index that before and after the exercise period these variables were measured. to analyze the data from the descriptive and inferential statistics (T-test for the difference between the means of the independent groups) were used. A significant level (p<0/05) was considered for all the examinees. findings of research show a significant difference between average of, blood sugar, plasma insulin level and systolic blood pressure, among experimental and control groups, whereas this difference in weight and BMI in experimental and control groups was not significant (p<0/05). findings of research showed that a period of selected yoga exercise causes a significant improvement in blood sugar of patients having type II diabetes.