Effects of Ramadan intermittent fasting on North African children's heart rate and oxy-haemoglobin saturation at rest and during sub-maximal exercise
Cardiovasc. j. Afr. (Online)
; 28(3): 176-181, 2017.
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in English
| AIM (Africa)
| ID: biblio-1260476
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ABSTRACT
Aim:
To examine the effects of Ramadan intermittent fasting (RIF) on the heart rate (HR) and oxyhaemoglobin saturation levels (oxy-sat) of boys at rest and during a six-minute walking test (6MWT).Methods:
Eighteen boys (age 11.9 ± 0.8 years, height 153.00 ± 8.93 cm, body mass 55.4 ± 18.2 kg), who fasted the entire month of Ramadan in 2012 for the first time in their lives, were included. The experimental protocol comprised four testing phases two weeks before Ramadan (pre-R), the end of the second week of Ramadan (R-2), the end of the fourth week of Ramadan (R-4), and 10 to 12 days after the end of Ramadan (post-R). During each phase, participants performed the 6MWT at approximately 1500. HR (expressed as percentage of maximal predicted HR) and oxy-sat (%) were determined at rest and in each minute of the 6MWT.Results:
R-4 HR values were lower than those of (1) pre-R (in the second minute), (2) R-2 (in the first and second minutes),and (3) post-R (in the first, second, fourth, fifth and sixth minutes). R-2 oxy-sat values were higher than those of pre-R (in the third minute) and those of post-R (in the fifth minute). Post-R oxy-sat values were lower than those of pre-R and R-4 in the fifth minute. These oxy-sat changes were not clinically significant since the difference was less than five points.Conclusion:
In non-athletic children, their first RIF influenced their heart rate data but had a minimal effect on oxy-sat values
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AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Tunisia
Type of study:
Practice guideline
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
Cardiovasc. j. Afr. (Online)
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article