Open AccessExamining the energy cost and intensity level of prenatal yoga
Author(s) -
Nathan A. Peters,
Rebecca A. Schlaff
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of yoga/international journal of yoga
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-2714
pISSN - 0973-6131
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6131.171708
Subject(s) - generalizability theory , calorie , intensity (physics) , caloric theory , pregnancy , medicine , energy expenditure , energy (signal processing) , psychology , demography , physical therapy , mathematics , developmental psychology , statistics , endocrinology , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology , biology , genetics
A popular form of pregnancy physical activity (PA) is prenatal yoga. However, little is known about the intensity and energy cost of this practice.