Metabolic and cardiorespiratory parameter analysis of young female adults during horseback riding at a walking gait

Article type: Research Article

Authors: de Barros Souza, Fabiano^a | Pacheco, Marcos Tadeu T.^a | Strottmann, Ingrid Brasil^a | Teixeira, Cristiane Guedes Pinto^a | Fortes, Carlos Eduardo Araújo^a | Lyon, Juliana Pereira^a | Moreira, Leonardo Marmo^a | Osório, Rodrigo Alexis Lazo^a

Affiliations: [a] IP&D, Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Faculdade de Educação, Universidade do Vale do Paraíba, UNIVAP, São José dos Campos, Brazil

Note: [] Address for correspondence: Leonardo Marmo Moreira, Av. Shishima Hifumi, 2911, Urbanova, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil. Tel./Fax: +55 12 3947 1124; E-mail: leonardomarmo@univap.br

Abstract: The objective of this study was to compare, in normal women, metabolic and cardiorespiratory variables at rest with those obtained during horseback riding at a walking gait. Metabolic and cardiorespiratory parameters were measured employing a portable VO2000 Medgraphics gas analyzer. The results demonstrated a significant increase in oxygen uptake, caloric expenditure, METs and heart rate at the beginning of the exercise. Maintenance of the activity was followed by a decrease in these values which became stable until the end of the riding. The results indicate that the postural adjustments induced by horseback riding are sufficient to produce metabolic and cardiorespiratory responses in the rider.

Keywords: Horseback riding, physical and ergorespirometric oxygen uptake

DOI: 10.3233/IES-2008-0317

Journal: Isokinetics and Exercise Science, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 263-267, 2008