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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/04/085230 [Registered on: 21/04/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 19/04/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Other (Specify) [Bhramari Pranayama]  
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   Changes in the Audio-Visual reaction time produced by practicing Bhramari Pranayama among physically active and sedentary medical students. 
Scientific Title of Study   Effect of Bhramari Pranayama on Audio-Visual reaction time among physically active and sedentary medical students. 
Trial Acronym  nil 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Suryendu Pramanick 
Designation  Student 
Affiliation  Manipal Tata Medical College 
Address  Department of Physiology Manipal Tata medical College kadani Road, Baridih
Manipal Tata medical College kadani Road, Baridih
Purbi Singhbhum
JHARKHAND
831017
India 
Phone  953159204  
Fax    
Email  suryendu.mtmcjsr2023@learner.manipal.edu  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query  
Name  VINAY A V 
Designation  Professor  
Affiliation  Manipal Tata Medical College 
Address  Department of Physiology
Manipal Tata medical College kadani Road, Baridih
Purbi Singhbhum
JHARKHAND
831017
India 
Phone  9880966679  
Fax    
Email  vinay.av@manipal.edu  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query  
Name  VINAY A V 
Designation  Professor  
Affiliation  Manipal Tata Medical College 
Address  Department of Physiology
Manipal Tata medical College kadani Road, Baridih
Purbi Singhbhum
JHARKHAND
831017
India 
Phone  9880966679  
Fax    
Email  vinay.av@manipal.edu  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
NIL 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Suryendu Pramanick 
Address  Department of Physiology Manipal Tata medical College kadani Road, Baridih, Jamshedpur, East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India-831017 
Type of Sponsor  Other [self] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL   
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Suryendu Pramanick  Department of Physiology  Manipal Tata Medical College, Kadani Road, Baridih, Jamshedpur, PIN-831017
Purbi Singhbhum
JHARKHAND 		 9531592304

suryendu.mtmcjsr2023@learner.manipal.edu 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  None 
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Bhramari Pranayama  Practicing Bhramari Pranayama for 5 minutes 
Comparator Agent  NIL  NIL 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  25.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1.MBBS Students studying in a medical college
Willing to volunteer.
2.Volunteers partaking in physical activity in the form of any sports, running,
jogging, weight training for an hour for at least 4 days a week will be considered
as physically active.
3.Volunteers, who do not partake in any physical activity in the form of any
sports, running, jogging, weight training will be considered as sedentary.
4.Willing to practice Bhramari Pranayama  
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Unwilling to volunteer
2. Individuals suffering from fever, cough, vomiting, or other illness affecting
their daily routine.
3. Individuals with a history of daily alcohol intake, tobacco chewing, and
smoking.
4. Individuals on any medications like anti-depressants, antipsychotics, and
psychotropic drugs
5. Individuals with sleep disturbances and disorders  
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Improvement in audiovisual reaction time  Audio visual reaction time is assessed , before and after the practice of brahmari pranayama for 5 minutes 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Nil  Nil 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="60"
Sample Size from India="60" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   05/05/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="4"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary  

The current medical curriculum hasn’t left much space for physical activities as it is academically intense and stressful.1 The students often and subconsciously invest most of their time to deskbound activities leading to a sedentary life from young age.

This sedentary lifestyle has been attributed as a major mortality risk factor independent of physical activity. Students finds difficulty in striking a balance, to include physical activity in their routine like running jogging, playing outdoor games.2

Yoga is a multifaceted spiritual tool with enhanced health and well-being as one of its positive effects.3 Pranayama is one of the components of yoga which is a breathing exercise. The Bhramari Pranayama is said to be one of the potent breathing techniques that enable a state of bliss in individual practicing it.4 Literature states that Bhramari pranayama calms one’s mind clears mental agitation and provide emotional balance.4

Reaction time is believed to be a good indicator of the speed and efficiency of mental processes and is a universal variable in the behavioural sciences.5,6 So the reaction time would help us to know our quickness and concentration level. Studies have shown that physically active individuals have better reaction time in compared to sedentary individuals.7

In the current study we would like to explore the effect of Bhramari pranayama on audiovisual reaction time among physically active and sedentary medical students.

 
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