Analysis of Variations in Selected Cardiovascular Parameters During Core Stability Exercises in Collegiate Obese Individuals

Abstract

Core stability exercises are the commonest exercise programme advised to patients with low back pain. Usually these exercises were performed using swiss ball in a rehabilitation setup or in the fitness arena. There are abundant literatures related with swiss ball exercises, still the relationship with the cardiovascular parameters are very less. Researcher details that application of an isometric exercise programme has produced various changes in the cardiovascular response. This study focused to find out the variations between selected cardiovascular parameters with core stability exercises using a Swiss ball for collegiate obese individuals. It is a Quasi experimental study with a total of 110 subjects were selected by a convenient sampling method with the age group range from 17”28 yrs.  Subjects included are those who are obese (based on BMI), and without any cardiovascular problems. Study was conducted for a duration of 6 months. The parameters used in this study are Blood pressure (systolic), and Heart rate, which are measured using sphygmomanometer & pulse oximeter respectively. The results were calculated using student ‘t' test. The result found that it has a strong variation exist between the parameters. The study concludes that the core stability exercises have shown some variance in cardiovascular responses.