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Sauna has become a popular club house facility where the dweller en-joys relaxation. Some exercise groups like yoga and Qigong practi-tioners, are making use of the heated environment to achieve quicker and better results of trainings. Sauna therapy is producing a thermal stress through hyperthermia. The cardiovascular system readily re-sponds by increasing the heart rate which can become double the rest-ing stage within minutes and cardiac output may have a 70% increase. The body’s surface response to heat leads to a 40% of decrease in pe-ripheral vascular resistance, thus allowing rapid peripheral blood flow which is responsible for greater heat dispersal directly from the skin. The chained physiological reactions of increased cardiac and pulmo-nary outputs, while blood pressure drops suggest that Sauna could be good for chronic diseases. When active stretching are executed simul-taneously with controlled breathing in a smooth synchronized chain of activities under the individual’s free will, a harmonized state of mind reaching the level of meditation follows. Sauna room environment initi-ates a physiological stat equivalent to moderate exercises. Qigong practice is typical anaerobic training. Both Sauna and Qigong lead to a tranquility of the mind. The unique nature of practicing Qigong in a heat-ed environment is therefore clear. A small pilot study on Qigong prac-tice within the Sauna room showed a higher increase in heart rate which amounted to 30%–40% above the pre-exercise level. The blood pressure checked after Qigong, on the contrary, remained stable or even slightly decreased.

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Abstract
 INTRODUCTION
  Sauna therapy – physiological responses
  Qigong practice – physiological responses
  What could be expected when Sauna and Qigong are combined?
 MATERIALS AND METHODS
 RESULTS
 DISCUSSION
 CONFLICT OF INTEREST
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 REFERENCES

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저자

• Ping-Chung Leung [ Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong ] Corresponding author

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• 간행물명

  JER [Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation]

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  격월간

• pISSN

  2288-176X

• eISSN

  2288-1778

• 수록기간

  2013~2026

• 등재여부

  SCOPUS,KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 517 DDC 613