{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,12]],"date-time":"2025-12-12T13:26:28Z","timestamp":1765545988651,"version":"build-2065373602"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Termedia Sp. z.o.o.","issue":"1","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,1]],"date-time":"2014-12-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1417392000000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/3.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,1]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p> Aging produces several respiratory limitations and reduces tolerance to physical efforts, sometimes leading to pulmonary diseases in the elderly. The literature draws attention to the possible benefits of Yoga practice among the elderly, presenting evidence for significant improvements in quality of life. It was hypothesized that yoga practice can improve respiratory function in the elderly. The effects of a yoga program on pulmonary volumes and respiratory muscle strength were verified in 36 elderly women divided into a yoga group [YG] (63.1 \u00b1 13.3 years of age) and a control group (61.0 \u00b1 6.9 years of age). Maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressure (MIP and MEP) were assessed by a manovacuometer and tidal volume (VT), vital capacity (VC) and minute ventilation (VE) were measured by a ventilometer. The program comprised 65 min sessions, 3 times\/week during 12 weeks. The heart rate and respiratory rate decreased significantly in the YG (76-39 \u00b1 8-03 vs. 74-61\u00b110.26 bpm and 18.61 \u00b1 3.15 vs. 16.72 \u00b1 3.12 resp\/min, respectively). In the YG, VT and VE increased significantly (0.55 \u00b1 0.22 vs. 0.64 \u00b1 0.2 ml and 9.19 \u00b1 2.39 vs. 10.05 \u00b1 2.11 ml, respectively), as well as VC (1.48 \u00b1 0.45 vs. 2.03 \u00b1 0.72 ml). Improvements were also found in MIP and MEP in the YG (62.17 \u00b1 14.77 vs. 73.06 \u00b1 20.16 cmH2O and 80.56 \u00b1 23.94 vs. 86.39 \u00b1 20.16 cmH2O, respectively). It was concluded that a 12-week yoga program significantly improves pulmonary function of aged women.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2478\/hukin-2014-0103","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,2,6]],"date-time":"2015-02-06T12:02:04Z","timestamp":1423224124000},"page":"177-184","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Do 12-Week Yoga Program Influence Respiratory Function Of Elderly Women?"],"prefix":"10.5114","volume":"43","author":[{"given":"L\u00eddia Aguiar","family":"Bezerra","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil."}]},{"given":"Helton","family":"Fabr\u00edcio de Melo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil."}]},{"given":"Ana Paula","family":"Garay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil."}]},{"given":"Victor Machado","family":"Reis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sport Sciences, University of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal"},{"name":"Research Centre for Sport, Health and Human Development, Vila Real, Portugal."}]},{"given":"Felipe Jos\u00e9","family":"Aidar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sport Sciences, University of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal"},{"name":"Research Centre for Sport, Health and Human Development, Vila Real, Portugal"},{"name":"Fire Brigade of Minas Gerais, 5th Battalion Fire Military Fire Brigade of the State of Minas Gerais, New Horizons Program, Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil."}]},{"given":"Ana Rita","family":"Bodas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sport Sciences, University of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal"},{"name":"Research Centre for Sport, Health and Human Development, Vila Real, Portugal."}]},{"given":"Nuno Domingos","family":"Garrido","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sport Sciences, University of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal"},{"name":"Research Centre for Sport, Health and Human Development, Vila Real, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Sport Sciences, University of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal Universidade de Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Complexo Desportivo da UTAD, 5000-000 Vila Real, Portugal Phone: +351 259350877 Fax: +351 330168"}]},{"given":"Ricardo","family":"Jac\u00f3 de Oliveira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil."}]}],"member":"3061","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,11]]},"container-title":["Journal of Human Kinetics"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/content.sciendo.com\/view\/journals\/hukin\/43\/1\/article-p177.xml","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.sciendo.com\/pdf\/10.2478\/hukin-2014-0103","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,8]],"date-time":"2025-10-08T11:33:44Z","timestamp":1759923224000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/johk.pl\/?p=3139"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,1]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,11]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,1]]}},"alternative-id":["10.2478\/hukin-2014-0103"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2478\/hukin-2014-0103","relation":{},"ISSN":["1899-7562"],"issn-type":[{"type":"electronic","value":"1899-7562"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,1]]}}}