Effects of usual yoga practice on the diaphragmatic contractility: A cross-sectional controlled study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study is to observe and compare the effects of regular yoga practice on the main inspiratory muscle, the diaphragm, by analyzing its thickness, excursion, velocity and contraction time, using ultrasound.

Design

A Cross-Sectional Controlled Study.

Participants

80 healthy subjects (40 habitual yoga practitioners and 40 non-practitioners), without previous respiratory pathology participated in this study. During maximum diaphragmatic breathing, the diaphragmatic thickness (at rest and after maximum inspiration), excursion, velocity and contraction time were measured by ultrasound.

Results

in the experimental group, practicing yoga, statistically significant differences (p < 0.001) were observed compared to the control group, not practici

SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Pardo TE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10616329 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature