Athletes, yogis and individuals with sedentary lifestyles; do their lung functions differ?

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-80

  Prakash, Shivesh ^a,b   Meshram, Sushant ^a   Ramtekkar, Ujjwal ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b GSVM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Athletes; Lung function; Sedentary; Yogis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RUNNING; SITTING; SPIROMETRY; YOGA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LUNG; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY; SPORTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VITAL CAPACITY; YOGA;

EID: 33947248604     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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