Effect of Steam Inhalation Versus Combination of Steam Inhalation and Various Yoga Postures on Chronic Sinusitis Patients: An Interventional Study

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this paper is to study the effect of steam inhalation versus the combination of steam inhalation and various yoga postures on chronic sinusitis patients. The need of the interventional study is to find out the efficacy of steam inhalation alone and steam inhalation with yoga posture effectiveness in chronic sinusitis individuals. Yoga posture given in this study is anatomically significant in quadruped position. This study also investigates the productiveness of steam inhalation when given in quadruped position. Hypothesis: Null Hypothesis-There is no difference between the effect of steam inhalation alone and steam along with yoga postures on patients with chronic sinusitis. Alternate Hypothesis: There is a difference between the effect of steam inhalation alone and steam along with yoga postures on patients with chronic sinusitis. The Objective of this study are as follows: To clinically diagnose the patient with chronic sinusitis according to the Rhino sinusitis task force and to evaluate and find the severity of the same; comparing the effects of chronic sinusitis using SNOT20. To treat the patients in Group I with steam inhalation and group 2 with yoga postures alone for 6 weeks. To compare the effects between steam inhalation with different yoga postures and steam inhalation alone according to SNOT 20 in 6 weeks intervention period. Conclusion: In Conclusion, it was found that steam inhalation alone and steam inhalation with yoga postures are equally effective in chronic sinusitis patients; there is no statistical difference between these 2 groups. Key words: Steam inhalation, combination of steam inhalation and yoga postures, chronic sinusitis.