Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: February | Volume: 12 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 239-245
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220234
Cardiovascular Response to Core Stability Exercises on Swiss Ball and Floor in Hypertensive Individuals
Bharvi Malavia1, Sweety Shah2
1MPT, Assistant Professor, Khyati College of Physiotherapy, Palodia, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
2Ph. D, MPT, Lecturer, SBB College of Physiotherapy, VS General Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Corresponding Author: Bharvi Malavia
ABSTRACT
Background: Hypertension is one of the most important modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Core stability exercises are common exercises prescribed to individuals who wish to strengthen abdominals. Swiss ball exercises will produce isotonic as well as isometric contraction in muscles. Isometric contraction of muscles will produce lot of physiological changes. Dynamic exercises also produce modest effect on arterial blood pressures. This study aims to compare and determine the effectiveness of two core stability exercises on Swiss ball and floor exercises on cardiovascular parameters in hypertensive individuals.
Method: A total of 30 hypertensive individuals participated in the study. They were divided in 2 groups: Group-A and Group-B. Baseline measurement of cardiovascular parameters i.e. systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) was recorded using sphygmomanometer and heart rate(HR) using pulse oximeter. Both group A and B performed 4 types of core stability exercises i.e. curl-ups, bridging, side planks and front planks on Swiss ball and Floor mat respectively. Each exercise was done for 10 repetitions with 10 seconds hold of 3 sets for 3 days a week for 6 weeks. Blood pressure and heart rate was measured again at end of 6 weeks.
Result: Paired t-test suggested significant improvement on cardiovascular responses in both groups. Unpaired t-test showed significant improvement in cardiovascular parameters of group A when compared to group B after core stability exercises (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The study concludes that core stability exercises have significant improvement on cardiovascular responses in both groups. However, group A showed better improvement compared to group B.
Key words: Hypertension, Core stability, Cardiovascular responses, Swiss ball exercises.