February 22, 2016Revista Portuguesa de PneumologiaOpen Access

Superior lung capacity in swimmers: Some questions, more answers!

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Why the study?

Does elite swimming training improve pulmonary function compared to land-based sports or sedentary lifestyle?

Population

409 males, comprising 38 elite swimmers, 271 elite football players, and 100 sedentary controls not involved…

Comparison

Elite swimming training vs Elite football training and sedentary lifestyle

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

BLBiljana Lazovic-PopovicZemun Hospital MZMirjana Zlatković‐ŠvendaMegatrend University TDTijana DurmićUniversity of Belgrade

Discussion

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Implication

Swimming-associated superior lung volumes should not change training advice; leaves open selection versus causal training effects.

Structured PICO

Does elite swimming training improve pulmonary function compared to land-based sports or sedentary lifestyle?

Population

409 males, comprising 38 elite swimmers, 271 elite football players, and 100 sedentary controls not involved in routine exercise.

Intervention

Elite swimming training

Comparator

Elite football training and sedentary lifestyle

Outcome

Pulmonary function (VC, FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC)surrogate

Elite swimming is associated with superior lung capacity compared to land-based sports and sedentary lifestyles, independent of anthropometric features.

Limitations

Lack of longitudinal data

Cite This Study

Lazovic-Popovic et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d05831b8ecc4e56964992 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rppnen.2015.11.003

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Superior lung capacity in swimmers: Some questions, more answers!

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Superior lung capacity in swimmers: Some questions, more answers!

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

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