Comparative effectiveness of 10-week equipment-based pilates and diaphragmatic breathing exercise on heart rate variability and pulmonary function in young adult healthy women with normal BMI – a quasi-experimental study

Table 1 Characteristic of body composition across the group

		PG	PBG	BG	CG	P value
BW (kg)	Pre-test	61.22 ± 4.15	57.14 ± 7.05	61.30 ± 7.32	58.00 ± 3.38	0.06
	Post-test	59.84 ± 3.21	56.40 ± 7.16	63.36 ± 8.55	58.94 ± 4.58	0.11
	*P-value*	0.01*	0.02*	0.01*	0.09
	%	-2.25	-1.30	3.36	1,62
BMI (kg/m2)	Pre-test	23.09 ± 1.87	21.32 ± 2.26	22.94 ± 1.68	21.38 ± 1.45	0.06
	Post-test	22.32 ± 1.78	21.02 ± 2.17	23.62 ± 2.33	21.71 ± 1.84	0.06
	*P-value*	0.01*	0.01*	0.03*	0.12
	%	-3,34	-1.41	2.96	1.54
PBF (%)	Pre-test	31.81 ± 4.74	31.37 ± 5.38	34.03 ± 4.33	29.07 ± 4.91	0.17
	Post-test	30.50 ± 3.91	29.95 ± 5.56	34.92 ± 5.06	29.97 ± 5.91	0.10
	*P-value*	0.06	0.00**	0.12	0.19
	%	-4.12	-4.53	2.62	3.10
PBM (%)	Pre-test	29.14 ± 1.99	28.17 ± 2.54	27.32 ± 1.98	29.69 ± 2.64	0.12
	Post-test	29.72 ± 1.66	28.81 ± 2.26	27.08 ± 2.13	29.16 ± 2.98	0.07
	*P-value*	0.11	0.03*	0.40	0.15
	%	1.99	2.27	-0.89	-1.79

BW: Body weight, BMI: Body mass index, PBF: Percent body fat, PBM: Percent body muscle, PG: Pilates group, PBG: Pilates + Slow-Controlled Breathing Exercise Group, BG: Slow-Controlled Breathing Exercise Group, CG: Control group, ES: Effect size, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01

ISSN: 2052-1847