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Effect of flow-resistive inspiratory loading on pulmonary and respiratory muscle function in sub-elite swimmers

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posted on 2017-08-10, 13:47 authored by Ren-Jay Shei, Martin Lindley, Ken Chatham, Timothy D. Mickleborough
© 2014 Edizioni Minerva Medica. BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a 12-week swim training and inspiratory muscle training program on respiratory muscle and pulmonary function in competitively trained sub-elite swimmers. METHODS: A double-blind, parallel-group experimental design was employed to compare the effects of swim training alone, swim training with sham-inspiratory muscle training, and swim training with true inspiratory muscle training. Twenty-four competitively trained sub-elite swimmers combined swim training with either flow-resistive inspiratory muscle training set at 80% sustained maximal inspiratory pressure with progressively increased work-rest ratios until task failure for 3 days/week (swim training with inspiratory muscle training, N.=8), or swim training with sham-inspiratory muscle training (N.=8), or acted as controls (swim training only, N.=8). Measures of pulmonary and respiratory muscle function were assessed at the beginning and end of the 12-week study period. RESULTS: At baseline, there were no significant differences (P > 0.05) in respiratory muscle and pulmonary function between groups. Following the 12-week training period, the swim training with inspiratory muscle training group demonstrated improvements in maximal inspiratory pressure, sustained maximal inspiratory pressure, maximal inspiratory muscle power output, inspiratory muscle work capacity, inspiratory time of contraction, time to fatigue, maximal voluntary ventilation in 12 seconds, and forced inspiratory volume in 1-second (P < 0.05). No improvements in pulmonary or respiratory muscle function were observed in the swim training only or swim training with sham-inspiratory muscle training groups (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Inspiratory muscle training in conjunction with swim training improves respiratory muscle function in sub-elite swimmers when compared to swim training only.

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  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Published in

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volume

56

Issue

4

Pages

392 - 398

Citation

SHEI, R-J. ...et al., 2016. Effect of flow-resistive inspiratory loading on pulmonary and respiratory muscle function in sub-elite swimmers. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 56(4), pp. 392-398.

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© Edizioni Minerva Medica

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2016-04-30

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This paper is in closed access.

ISSN

0022-4707

eISSN

1827-1928

Language

  • en

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