Open AccessEffects of Breathing Exercises on Lung Volumes and Capacities Among Smokers
Author(s) -
Iman Zahra,
Maria Liaqat,
Ummara Qadeer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international islamic medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2716-2389
pISSN - 2716-2370
DOI - 10.33086/iimj.v2i1.1829
Subject(s) - breathing , medicine , physical therapy , breathing exercises , lung function , diaphragmatic breathing , lung , anesthesia , pathology , alternative medicine
Objective: To determine the effect of deep breathing exercises on lung volumes and capacities among smokers. Methodology: The participants were divided into a control group and an experimental group. The control group was not given any treatment, while the experimental group performed deep breathing exercise techniques. The experimental group performed exercises for six weeks. After six weeks lung function tests were performed to evaluate the effects. Data were compared at baseline and after the intervention. To check within the group's changes paired sample t-test was used. To check between groups changes independent sample t-test was used for normally distributed data. Results: In the experimental group, significant changes (p ≤ 0.05) were observed after the intervention. While comparing groups, significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) were observed in some variables between experimental and control groups.Conclusion: It was concluded that deep breathing exercises are useful among smokers. As deep breathing helps in improving lung volumes and capacities.