Table 4.

Cardiopulmonary parameters obtained from the Pre-test and Post-test

Parameter	Pre-test (n = 12)	Post-test (n = 12)	Changes%	T	P value	Effect size
Resting heart rate	65.18 ± 12.72	62.18 ± 11.82	−4.8	3.609	p < 0.005	0.244
Maximum heart rate	173.4 ± 14.35	187.4 ± 15.17	8	3.777	p < 0.005	0.954
Systolic blood pressure	11.99 ± 0.87	11.28 ± 0.85	−6.2	5.440	p < 0.001	0.824
Diastolic blood pressure	6.645 ± 0.503	6.164 ± 0.566	−7.8	7.831	p < 0.001	0.900
Chest circumference at max. inhale	89.41 ± 4.59	89.95 ± 4.66	0.6	2.782	p < 0.05	0.118
Chest circumference at max. exhale	83.73 ± 5.28	82.41 ± 5.14	−1.6	4.342	p < 0.005	0.253

Data are expressed as mean ± SD.