Energy expenditure and exercise intensity of zapin dancers

• Main Author: Hariri, Ahmad Danial
• Format: Monograph
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2016
• Subjects: R Medicine; RA440-440.87 Study and teaching. Research
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/60732/1/AHMAD%20DANIAL%20BIN%20HARIRI-E.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/60732/
• Institution: Universiti Sains Malaysia

Zapin is one of the dance practiced in the South- East Asia. Over the past several decades, zap in has become a popular dance and there is a need for the research about this form of dance and how it could contribute to health in the community. The objective of the study is to determine energy expenditure and exercise intensity of the zapin dancers. The study was conducted with 20 participants that consists of 10 men and 10 women from Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Using a portable gas analyses system (Cortex MetaMax3B, Leipzig, Germany), we analysed five different metabolic outcomes, which are relative oxygen consumption (V02. ml/min!kg), oxygen consumption (VOz, Llmin), respiratory exchange ratio, RER, pulmonary ventilation (VE, Llmin) and heart rate (HR, bpm). The research indicated that zapin dance is a low to moderate intensity that on average, it is 3.14 METs in men and 2.4 METs in women. Research suggest that zapin dance has an energy expenditure of 3.29 kcal/min in men and 2.5 3kcal/min in women. This research is a preliminary and a first study on the metabolic intensity of zapin dance. The low-tomoderate intensity ofzapin dance could be adopted to maintain cardiorespiratory fitness especially in those who are sedentary or may have low cardiorespiratory fitness. In addition, the knowledge of energy expenditure used in zap in dance may be applied in different health strategies. This would inform on the possible applications ofzapin as a recreational activity for health. The significant of this study is to examine if zapin dance can be an addition or alternative activity in to low-tomoderate exercise programmes.