The Immediate Effects of the Pilates Dead Bug and the Swiss Ball Exercises on the Heart Rate and Pulmonary Function of Healthy Adults
PURPOSE: This study aimed to compare and analyze the changes in the heart rate and respiratory function of healthy adults following the application of the Pilates dead bug and Swiss ball exercises.METHODS: This study randomly assigned 30 healthy adults to two groups, with 15 participants in each group.It was conducted as a crossover design in which both groups performed both, the Pilates dead bug and the Swiss ball exercises.The immediate effects on the heart rate, forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV ), FEV/FVC ratio, peak expiratory flow (PEF), maximum
Authors
- Sung-Hyoun Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5108-4342)
- So‐Hyun Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2329-8666)
Institutions
- Cheongju University (KR)
- Nambu University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.13066/kspm.2025.20.3.111
- Primary Topic
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea