Comparing the effect of physical activity on pulmonary function of Kerman´s professional endurance runners and non-athletes
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 5, Issue 12
Abstract
Exercise-induced bronchospasm is more evident in the athletes of endurance sports and other sports which need minute ventilation. Seeing the lack of researches in this arena within Iran, we decided to conduct a study on the frequency of exercise-induced asthma in Kerman professional endurance runners in order to develop the background necessary to later studies. To do so, 25 professional endurance runners (22.6 ± 5.5 years) were chosen intentionally and voluntarily, 25 non-athletes were also chosen randomly and homogeneously along the runners group. All subjects first filled the standard questionnaire of exercise asthma, then the pulmonary function test was done on both groups before, immediately after, and 10 minutes after the Cooper test in order to investigate the lung volumes. The obtained data were then analyzed using SPSS 19 through independent T-test. Results showed that the rate of exercise asthma was 20 % in the athletes group and 16 % in the non-athletes one. The results of the exercise challenge, which is a 15 % or more decrease in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), indicated that 16 % of the runners and 12 % of the non- athletes were suffering from exercise asthma. The lung volumes FEV1 and FVC (forced vital capacity) decreased in both groups. The decrease was more evident in runners when compared before and after the exercise, this decrease was not significant, however.
Authors and Affiliations
Leili Zeiaadini*| Student MA Sports Physiology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Kerman, Iran. email: lzeiaadini@yahoo.com, Hamid Marefati| PHD. Sports Physiology, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran, Koroush Ghraman Tabrizi| PHD. Sports Management, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran
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