CellWell record HH-5147
Box breathing or six breaths per minute: Which strategy improves athletes' post-HIIT cardiovascular recovery?
Murat Kasap; Gökhan Recep Aydin
PLOS ONE · 2025
In plain language
In this randomized crossover study of physically active students, both box breathing and 6-breaths-per-minute paced breathing increased heart rate variability during recovery from high-intensity exercise compared with spontaneous breathing.
- Evidence
- Emerging
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial
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