Energy cost and cardiorespiratory changes during the practice of Surya Namaskar

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 184-190

  Sinha, B ^a   Ray, U S ^a   Pathak, A ^a   Selvamurthy, W ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory changes; Energy cost; Hatha Yoga; Surya Namaskar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING PATTERN; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; ENERGY COST; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MEDITATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REST; STRESS; SURYA NAMASKAR; YOGA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY VENTILATION; YOGA;

EID: 1842471941     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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