Hatha Yoga Practices: Energy Expenditure, Respiratory Changes and Intensity of Exercise
Table 4
Metabolic rate, energy cost and various respiratory parameters during the actual practice of meditation as compared with those of SAV and SUKH.
Parameters
OM MED
MED
SAV
SUKH
O2 (l min-1)
0.301* ± 0.08
0.272 ± 0.05
0.243* ± 0.04
0.312 ± 0.07 †
CO2 (l min-1)
0.272* ± 0.11
0.213* ± 0.06
0.222* ± 0.04
0.242 ± 0.07
̇E (l min-1)
8.5* ± 2.42
6.9* ± 1.62
6.9* ± 1.43
8.8* ± 2.58†
Fr (breath/min)
10.0* ± 5.82
13.0 ± 4.36
13.0 ± 3.24
16.0* ± 4.86
VT (l/breath)
1.28* ± 1.14
0.61* ± 0.26
0.54* ± 0.15
0.59* ± 0.15
EQO2
25.2* ± 6.43
22.3* ± 4.39†
24.7 ± 4.61
24.7* ± 5.71
EQCO2
29.1* ± 3.51†
29.9 ± 4.1†
27.7 ± 4.07
31.1* ± 5.91†
RQ
0.85* ± 0.16
0.74* ± 0.09†
0.89 ± 0.1
0.78* ± 0.1†
MET
1.04* ± 0.29
0.93 ± 0.23
0.83* ± 0.12
1.07 ± 0.28†
Energy cost (kcal)
1.46* ± 0.38
1.29* ± 0.27†
1.16* ± 0.19
1.49 ± 0.34†
Data are mean ± SD.
*indicates statistically significant difference (P < .05 and above) as compared to the corresponding asterisk-marked ones except in VCO2: MED Versus SAV; VE: MED Versus SAV, OMMED Versus SUKH; VT: MED Versus SUKH, SAV Versus MED, SAV Versus SUKH; EQO2: OMMED Versus SUKH; RQ: OMMED Versus SUKH. †significantly (P < .01) than SAV.
