ADVERTISEMENT

Home|Journals|Articles by Year|Audio Abstracts
 

Original Research



The effect of aerobic exercises on peak expiratory flow rate and physical fitness index in female subjects

Roopam Bassi, Saurabh Sharma, Aditi Sharma, Deepinder Kaur, Harkirat Kaur.



Abstract
Download PDF Cited by 19 ArticlesPost

Background: A widely acknowledged fact is that people with more physical activity inclined to possess greater degree of fitness and physical activity can enhance cardiorespiratory health.

Aims and Objective: To study the effect of aerobic exercises on peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), body mass index (BMI), and physical fitness index (PFI) in apparently healthy female subjects.

Materials and Methods: This study was conducted after a clearance from institutional ethical committee on 25 apparently healthy female subjects in the age group of 19–35 years who had voluntarily enrolled in a local health club, under the supervision of an expert trainer. The subjects were divided into two groups depending upon the aerobic exercise regimen they followed. They were assessed for height, weight, BMI, body surface area (BSA), PEFR, and PFI by Harvard step test at three different time intervals: 0 week, 6 weeks, and 10 weeks. The mean values of all the parameters were compared and evaluated.

Result: There were significant changes (p < 0.001) in all the parameters while comparing with the baseline values at the three time intervals; an increase in PEFR, fall in BMI, and rise in PFI was seen. While comparing the values between the two groups, no significant difference could be found.

Conclusion: Any form of aerobic exercise proves to be beneficial if followed consistently. Both the groups experienced an improvement in PEFR, BMI, and PFI, but labeling as which aerobic regimen was better could not be done.

Key words: PEFR; BMI; PFI; Aerobic Exercise; females





publications
0
supporting
0
mentioning
0
contrasting
0
Smart Citations
0
0
0
0
Citing PublicationsSupportingMentioningContrasting
View Citations

See how this article has been cited at scite.ai

scite shows how a scientific paper has been cited by providing the context of the citation, a classification describing whether it supports, mentions, or contrasts the cited claim, and a label indicating in which section the citation was made.



Bibliomed Article Statistics

19
22
19
21
28
17
24
23
45
50
62
44
R
E
A
D
S

54

59

31

21

39

38

35

52

75

80

122

52
D
O
W
N
L
O
A
D
S
080910111201020304050607
20242025

Full-text options


Share this Article


Online Article Submission
• ejmanager.com




ejPort - eJManager.com
Author Tools
About BiblioMed
License Information
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
Contact Us

The articles in Bibliomed are open access articles licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.


We use cookies and other tracking technologies to work properly, to analyze our website traffic, and to understand where our visitors are coming from. More Info Got It!