Comparison of lung volume in Greek swimmers, land based athletes, and sedentary controls using allometric scaling.

Doherty, Michael; Dimitriou, Lygeri

doi:10.1136/bjsm.31.4.337

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“…Lung size may increase by a strenuous and prolonged strength training regimen during adolescence. 3 significant difference in pulmonary functions is found among types of athletic training. Swimmers have better pulmonary functions because in swimming the load of water pressure against the chest wall and elevated airway resistance as the result of immersion causes increase in the exercise of respiratory muscles.…”

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Effects Of Type Sports On Pulmonary Function Tests: A Comparative Study In Nepalese Settings

Mahotra

Shrestha

2013

J Nobel Med Coll

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Abstract:Introduction: Due to regular exercises, athletes tend to have an increase in pulmonary capacity when compared to non-exercising individuals. Intensity and severity of sports engaged in by the athletes probably determines the extent of strengthening of the inspiratory muscles with a resultant increase in the pulmonary functions.1, 2 So, this study has been carried out to establish a relationship between the type of sports and pulmonary functions in Nepalese athletes.

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Effects Of Type Sports On Pulmonary Function Tests: A Comparative Study In Nepalese Settings

Mahotra

Shrestha

2013

J Nobel Med Coll

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“…Lung size may increase by a strenuous and prolonged strength training regimen during adolescence. [10] This study has examined whether playing sports and the type of sports had an impact on PFTs in both sportsmen and sedentary-matched controls.…”

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“…[8,9] PFT is also influenced by the type of the sports played. [10] PFT tests provide a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of PFT and are of the highest importance in estimating the fitness of an individual from a physiological point of view. [11] Spirometry is the most commonly used lung function test in the objective assessment of respiratory system function.…”

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“…[13][14][15][16] However, there are studies which show a non-significant change in PFTs in athletes. [10,17,18] Sedentary lifestyles could be associated with less efficient PFTs and playing different games regularly could produce a positive effect on the lungs by increasing pulmonary capacity, and thereby improving the pulmonary functioning.…”

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Evaluation of pulmonary function in sportsmen playing different games

Akhade¹,

Muniyappanavar²

2017

Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol

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Background: The type of sports and the training and regular exercises make athletes to have an increase in pulmonary function test (PFT) parameters. Intensity and severity of sports performed by the athletes usually determine the extent of strengthening of the inspiratory muscles and the alveolar size with a resultant increase in the lung functions. Aims and Objectives: The aim of this study is to study the PFTs in male swimmers, marathoners, cricket players, and kabaddi players and to compare the same with matched sedentary control group. Materials and Methods: In this study, PFTs such as forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1), maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV), and peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) parameters were studied in 46 swimmers, marathoners, cricket players, and kabaddi players in the age group of 18-25 years. These parameters were compared with matched apparently normal healthy sedentary medical students using unpaired t-test. Results: In this study, a significant increase was observed in PFT parameters of swimmers, marathoners, cricket players, and kabaddi players than sedentary controls. The study group had a higher mean of percentage value of FVC, FEV1, MVV, and PEFR than controls. However, swimmers (P < 0.0001) had highest pulmonary parameters than marathoners, cricket players, and kabaddi players (<0.05). Conclusion: This study shows that PFTs were higher among sportsmen compared to sedentary controls. This shows the positive effect of training on respiratory system. In addition to this, the difference of PFTs between different sports types shows that the sports branch influences the pulmonary capacity.

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“…This situation preoccupies the development in thorax caused by breathing exercises in swimming. In the studies, it's identified that regular swimming exercises causes significant differences in respiratory capacity and developed thorax sizes (12,19,21 …”

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Analyzing the Effects of 16 Weeks Swimming Exercises of Children Aged 7-13 on Anthropometric Measurements and Somatotype

Kaplan¹

2016

Turk J Sport Exe

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By the carried study, it's aimed to expose the effects of 16 weeks swimming exercises of sedentary girl and boys aged 7-13 on anthropometric measurements and somatotype components. In total 114 children, healthy 53 girls, the average age 9.35±2.14 years and 61 boys, the average age 9.56±2.74 years under the summer school joining to swimming lessons participated to this research. Height, body mass, chest, waist and hip circumference measurements and 10 anthropometric measurements of research group necessary for somatotype calculation has taken before and after the 16 weekly swimming program. Somatotype calculations evaluated by Heath-Carter somatotype method. Data tested in p<0.05 significance level via Paired Samples t-Test. With the data obtained before and after swimming exercises, as compared to boys and girls separately, all the data apart from height, medial calf skinfold, waist/hip ratio, mesomorph coefficient in girls and all the data apart from height and waist/hip ratio are significantly different in boys. Somatotype values in preliminary test of girls changed from 4.99-3.64-2.35 to 4.45-3.78-2.8 and of boys changed from 4.67-3.72-2.24 to 3.92-4.15-2.38. The findings of the study show that swimming exercises have effects on the decrease in body mass and increase in muscle mass. Given the characteristics of the investigated age group, the period of preadolescent girls tend to increase the lubrication, swimming exercises to be held in this age group would benefit for weight control and create a healthier future generation. Swimming exercises are important for preventing weight gain and deal with existing problems of technology and inactivated lifestyle especially in the puberty period children.

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Comparison of lung volume in Greek swimmers, land based athletes, and sedentary controls using allometric scaling.

Cited by 86 publications

References 19 publications

Effects Of Type Sports On Pulmonary Function Tests: A Comparative Study In Nepalese Settings

Effects Of Type Sports On Pulmonary Function Tests: A Comparative Study In Nepalese Settings

Evaluation of pulmonary function in sportsmen playing different games

Analyzing the Effects of 16 Weeks Swimming Exercises of Children Aged 7-13 on Anthropometric Measurements and Somatotype

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