Key result
Four-month swimming conditioning is linked to increased vital capacity and decreased residual volumes versus wrestling.
Why the study?
Does a 4-month athletic conditioning program alter pulmonary function in swimmers and wrestlers compared to no conditioning?
Observational
Does a 4-month athletic conditioning program alter pulmonary function in swimmers and wrestlers compared to no conditioning?
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A four-month swimming conditioning program significantly alters pulmonary function, including increased vital capacity and decreased residual volume, whereas wrestling conditioning does not.
Pulmonary function measurements were made on swimmers and wrestlers undergoing four months of typical athletic conditioning programs and on a control group involved in no conditioning program. Significant changes were found only in the swimmers where functional residual capacity, residual volume, the ratio of residual volume/ total lung capacity, and respiratory rate decreased with training. However, vital capacity increased significantly due to a large increase in the inspiratory capacity. Total lung capacity and expiratory reserve volume remained constant. No significant alterations occurred in the pulmonary functions measured in the other two groups of subjects.
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Bachman et al. (1968) conducted an observational in Healthy athletes and controls. Athletic conditioning programs (swimming and wrestling) vs. No conditioning program was evaluated on Pulmonary function measurements. A four-month swimming conditioning program significantly decreased functional residual capacity and residual volume while increasing vital capacity, whereas wrestling and no conditioning had no effect.
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