The effects of hatha yoga on anthropometric and psychological indices

INTERVENTION: Intervention 1: Intervention group: The intervention group was subjected to Hatha yoga exercises for 8 weeks with three 1‐hour sessions in each week. Intervention 2: Control group: No intervention for the control group was performed. CONDITION: Condition 1: Anthropometric indices. Condition 2: Psychological indices. INCLUSION CRITERIA: the people that they did not have history of improvement Steoprusis during last year no history of significant loss or acute psychiatric disorder in the past six months people that they did not have history of hip replacing people that they did not have history of gradational blindness people that they did not have history of Parkinson people that they did not have history of surgery PRIMARY OUTCOME: Anxiety, which was measured using the DASS‐21 scale. Timepoint: Before the start of the study, one month after the start of the intervention, two months after the intervention begins. Method of measurement: Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS‐21). Body mass index. Timepoint: Before the start of the study, one month after the start of the intervention, two months after the intervention begins. Method of measurement: By dividing weight in kilograms by the square of height in meters measured. Depression, which was measured using the DASS‐21 scale. Timepoint: Before the start of the study, one month after the start of the intervention, two months after the intervention begins. Method of measurement: Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS‐21). Hip circumference. Timepoint: Before the start of the study, one month after the start of the intervention, two months after the intervention begins. Method of measurement: hip circumference was measured at the widest point of the greater trochanter muscle. Stress, which was measured using the DASS‐21 scale. Timepoint: Before the start of the study, one month after the start of the intervention, two months after the intervention begins. Method of measurement: Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS‐21). Waist circumference. Timepoint: Before the start of the study, one month after the start of the intervention, two months after the intervention begins. Method of measurement: Waist circumference was measured in the midway between the inferior rib and the iliac crest at the end of expiration. Waist‐hip ratio. Timepoint: Before the start of the study, one month after the start of the intervention, two months after the intervention begins. Method of measurement: Waist‐hip ratio was calculated through dividing waist circumference by hip circumference. Wrist circumference. Timepoint: Before the start of the study, one month after the start of the intervention, two months after the intervention begins. Method of measurement: wrist circumference was measured at the junction point between wrist and the metacarpal bones.