Practice of yoga based relaxation techniques has been associated with various physiological changes in our body. The long term practice of these techniques has been reported to improve the pulmonary functions. However, the study on effects of short term diaphragmatic breathing on lung functions is yet lacking. Therefore, the present analytical study was conducted to find the changes in pulmonar...

in this paper, we consider a new class of analytic functions in the unit disk using polynomials of order alpha. we give some sufficient conditions for functions belonging to this class.

AIM This clinical study was planned to assess pulmonary microvascular permeability in patients with Syndrome X (SX) by using a functional imaging tool, technetium-99m-diethyltriaminepentaaceticacid ((99m)Tc-DTPA) lung clearance scintigraphy, and the pulmonary functions test, which includes diffusion capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO). METHODS The study population consisted of 22 ...

Background: Sedentary lifestyle and physical inactivity represent the high prevalence and public health concern in developed and developing countries. Exercise when performed regularly has beneficial effects on the various systems of the body. Regular exercise has a favorable influence on pulmonary functions. Aims & Objective: To study the pulmonary functions in competitive runners and to compa...

Post-acute COVID-19 symptoms impact the quality of life, and pulmonary rehabilitation is recommended. This study explored implementation, outcomes, barriers such programs for severe critical survivors, focusing on improving respiratory function. Articles search was conducted from October to November 2021 through Google Scholar PubMed databases. Pulmonary in cases survivors have a similar purpos...

flour dust has been introduced as one of the effective factors in the prevalence of respiratory disorders among the workers of the flour production factories. the purpose of the present study is to examine the effects of this pollutant on the pulmonary functions and survey the prevalence of respiratory symptoms among workers of flour production factories in arak, iran.   exposure to flour dust ...

The present study aims to examine the effects of different body positions on pulmonary functions in adolescent football players. Twenty-three healthy male players who did not have any diseases and smoke participated voluntarily. Pulmonary function tests (PFT) were determined by using a spirometer. Measurements performed sitting, standing supine determine effect functions. One-way analysis varia...

BACKGROUND It remains to be determined whether balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) improves biventricular cardiac functions and pulmonary flow in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). METHODSANDRESULTS We enrolled 30 consecutive patients with inoperable CTEPH who underwent BPA, and carried out serial cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR; M/F, 9/21; median age...

background total correction of tetralogy of fallot (tof) anomaly in early childhood has been practiced in many centers with good results, but in some of patients after few years sever pulmonary valve insufficiency occurred. materials and methods at a cross- sectional study from january 2015 to january 2016, 10 patients who had history of primary repair of tof with free pulmonary insufficiency (...