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Do actual measurements of pulmonary function in US Olympic Free Style Wrestlers differ from predicted standard figures?
Do actual measurements of pulmonary function in US Olympic Free Style Wrestlers differ from predicted standard figures?
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Pulmonary function in US Olympic Free Style Wrestlers does not significantly differ from predicted standard values.
Actual measurements of pulmonary function in members of the United States Olympic Free Style Wrestling Team were compared with the figures predicted for these measurements by standard formulae. In general, the actual measurements tended to exceed the predicted figures, but the differences were not statistically significant. Further research is needed to determine whether timed vital capacity is a valuable criterion in distinguishing athletes from non-athletes.
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