Abstract Guidelines

Abstract Guidelines:

Scientific research papers and Concept papers on the theme and related topics in Integrative Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation are invited for oral and poster presentations. Please note, you need to registrar for the conference to make presentation at the conference. The last date for abstract submission is 10th December 2023. The abstracts submitted will be peer-reviewed, and acceptance or otherwise will be intimated before Dec 14, 2023. 

The mode of presentation, Oral or Poster will be decided by the scientific committee after peer review based on scientific merit of the paper, availability of slots, novelty of the study etc.

Researchers can submit abstracts related to the following areas:

• Broad areas: Conventional or complimentary Sports Medicine, Conventional or complimentary Sports Rehabilitation, and other traditional Indian healing systems and Yoga.

• Sub-areas: Performance enhancement; Injury Prevention; Fitness, performance and well-being; Psychological Rehabitation for athletes;  Musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory fitness (endurance)  

Before submitting the abstract kindly go through the guidelines. 

• Please provide a structured abstract with subtitles – background; methods; results; conclusion; keywords. 

• In case of concept paper and review paper unstructured abstract is acceptable.

• Maximum words – 250

• Select subject area

• Line spacing 1.5

• Please provide key words maximum up to six

• Use ‘Times New Roman’ font

• Font size for Title : 12 Bold, Uppercase ; for Body: 12

• Underline the presenting author

• Please Provide the affiliations of the authors and email id of presenter.

Note: Please go through the model abstract. 

TITLE OF THE STUDY 

Author 1 and Author 2 

Affiliation

Email ID of the presenter

Background

A yoga practice involving cycles of yoga postures and supine rest (called cyclic meditation) was previously shown to improve performance in attention tasks more than relaxation in the corpse posture (shavasana). This was ascribed to reduced anxiety, though this was not assessed.

Methods

In fifty-seven male volunteers (group average age ± S.D., 26.6 ± 4.5 years) the immediate effect of two yoga relaxation techniques was studied on memory and state anxiety. All participants were assessed before and after (i) Cyclic meditation (CM) practiced for 22:30 minutes on one day and (ii) an equal duration of Supine rest (SR) or the corpse posture (shavasana), on another day. Sections of the Wechsler memory scale (WMS) were used to assess; (i) attention and concentration (digit span forward and backward), and (ii) associate learning. State anxiety was assessed using Spielberger’s State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).

Results

There was a significant improvement in the scores of all sections of the WMS studied after both CM and SR, but, the magnitude of change was more after CM compared to after SR. The state anxiety scores decreased after both CM and SR, with a greater magnitude of decrease after CM. There was no correlation between percentage change in memory scores and state anxiety for either session.

Conclusion

A cyclical combination of yoga postures and supine rest in CM improved memory scores immediately after the practice and decreased state anxiety more than rest in a classical yoga relaxation posture (shavasana).

Key words

Yoga-based relaxation, Wechsler memory scale, State anxiety, Meditation