Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
Year: 2014, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 226-229
Original Article
V Blessy 1 , Rasool Sayyad2, Prem Kumar Yadav2, Sanjith Kumar Kar2*
1. Department of Physiology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupathi, India.
2. Department of Physiology, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Nepal, Bhairahawa, Nepal.
*Corresponding Author
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Background: Diaphragmatic breathing exercise (Bhastrika pranayama) is one of the significant breathing exercises. The present study was done to assess the changes in pulmonary function after three months of regular breathing exercises. Methods: . Fifty healthy volunteers (25 males and 25 females) of the age groups between 25 and 30 years were selected on the basis of inclusive and exclusive criteria. Recordings of Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) where taken by computerized spirometer before and after three months of regular breathing exercise. Results: There was significant changes (P<0.01 and P<0.001) in the observed values of parameters like FVC, FEV1/FVC, FEF75-85%, PEF, MVV and TV in both male and female healthy subjects. However, FEV1/FVC value was more significant in males than in females where has FVC value is more significant in females than in males. Conclusion: It was concluded that breathing exercise causes the significant increase several parameters of PFT. Breathing exercises probably causes increase in lung compliance, decrease in air ways resistance, strengthening of respiratory muscles and finally enhancement of pulmonary performance.
Key words: Pulmonary Function Test, computerized spirometer, Bhastrika pranayama
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