Acute hemodynamic responses to yoga exercise
| dc.contributor.advisor | Tanaka, Hirofumi, Ph. D. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Farrar, Roger P. | en |
| dc.creator | Miles, Steven Charles, 1980- | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-12-22T22:08:04Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2010-12-22T22:08:04Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2010-12-22T22:08:09Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-08 | en |
| dc.date.submitted | August 2010 | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2010-12-22T22:08:09Z | en |
| dc.description | text | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The primary purpose of the present study was to determine the acute hemodynamic responses to twenty-three select yoga postures in advanced and novice yoga practitioners. Additionally, we sought to determine if trunk flexibility is related to arterial stiffness. Using a cross-sectional study design, 37 apparently healthy adults (26 females and 11 males; 22-71 years old) were divided into two groups according to level of yoga experience. Beat-to-beat measures of blood pressure, stroke volume, cardiac work-load, cardiac output, and total peripheral resistance were measured using a finger plethysmograph during the yoga routine. Baseline measures of trunk flexibility (sit-and-reach scores and inclinometer measurements) and arterial stiffness (carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity) were also compared. Yoga postures elicited significant increases in heart rate, blood pressure and cardiac output (P<0.05) for both groups. There was no difference in blood pressure responses between the two groups throughout the yoga testing session. Lumbar flexion, as measured by an inclinometer, was significantly (P<0.01) and inversely associated with cfPWV (r=-0.52). | en |
| dc.description.department | Kinesiology and Health Education | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-08-1926 | en |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en |
| dc.subject | Yoga | en |
| dc.subject | Exercise | en |
| dc.subject | Blood pressure | en |
| dc.subject | Trunk flexibility | en |
| dc.subject | Arterial stiffness | en |
| dc.title | Acute hemodynamic responses to yoga exercise | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.department | Kinesiology and Health Education | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Kinesiology | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Texas at Austin | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts | en |