Effects of eight weeks of mat pilates training on selected hematological parameters and plasma volume variations in healthy active women.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To evaluate the effects of eight weeks of mat Pilates training on selected hematological parameters, i.e. white blood cell, neutrophils, monocyte, lymphocyte, hematocrit, hemoglobin as well as plasma volume variations in healthy, active women.

Methods

Twenty-eight women physical education students volunteered to participate in the present investigation. They were assigned to two groups: a Pilates training group (n = 14) that followed an 8-week Pilates training program, and a control group (n = 14). Blood samples were collected at rest at two separate occasions before and after Pilates training.

Results

The Pilates training group had higher values of plasma volume variations and lower values of white blood cell (19.4%), neutrophils (32%), hematocrit (4.3%) and hemo

SUBMITTER: Ghazel N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9165890 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature