EFFECTS OF AEROBIC EXERCISE WITH CORE MUSCLE TRAINING ON CARDIOPULMONARY SYSTEM IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of aerobic exercise with core muscle training on cardiopulmonary system in healthy individuals. Forty healthy volunteers (8 male and 32 female) aged 21.35± 1.93 years were recruited. Factors of age, gender and level of lumbopelvic stability were used in stratified randomization. They were randomly divided into aerobic exercise with core training group (n=20) and control group (n=20). Both groups performed exercise program for 30 minutes. Oxygen consumption (VO 2 ), heart rate during exercise program (HR) and maximum inspiratory pressure (PImax) were measured before and after the 8 weeks exercise training (trained 3 times/wk). Data was statistically analyzed by Mixed model 2-way repeated-measures ANOVA using SPSS program version 17.0 with p-value of 0.05. The results showed that the effect of aerobic exercise with core muscle training on VO 2 and PImax under the experimental group had a significant increase after training 8 weeks (p<0.05) and significantly greater than the control group (p<0.05). However, HR during exercise in the experimental group had a significant decrease (p<0.05).This study demonstrated that the aerobic exercise with core muscle training had a significant improvement in cardiopulmonary system greater than the aerobic exercise alone. This finding could guide for application in exercise program for improving the cardiopulmonary in healthy individuals. (Journal of Sports Science and Technology 2014;14(2): 91 -103 )