@article{article_647449, title={The effect of respiratory muscle training on aerobic power and respiratory parameters in swimmers}, journal={International Journal of Sport Exercise and Training Sciences - IJSETS}, volume={5}, pages={214–220}, year={2019}, DOI={10.18826/useeabd.647449}, author={Bağıran, Yasemin and Dağlıoğlu, Önder and Bostancı, Özgür}, keywords={Swimming,Respiratory muscle training,Aerobic power}, abstract={<p> <span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;text-align:justify;">Aim:  </span> <span style="font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242);">The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 6 weeks respiratory muscle training on aerobic power (VO </span> <sub style="background-color:rgb(242,242,242);"> <span style="font-size:14px;">2 </span> </sub> <span style="font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242);">max) and respiratory parameters in swimmers. </span> </p> <p class="Abstract" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#F2F2F2;"> <b> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:9pt;" xml:lang="en-gb"> </span> </b> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> <p> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-weight:700;text-align:justify;">Material and Methods:  </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> <span style="font-size:14px;">A total of </span> <b> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> </b> </span> <span class="FontStyle67" style="font-size:.9em;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-us">20 male swimmers between 18 and 23 years of age were included in the study as volunteers and randomly divided into two groups as control (n: 10) and control (n: 10) groups. </span> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:14px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> <span class="FontStyle67" style="font-size:.9em;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-us">Respiratory muscle training was applied to the experimental group 5 days a week for 6 weeks. Respiratory muscle training device (POWER®breathe, UK) and maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) value of 30% of the respiratory muscle training 30 times twice a day was built. </span> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:14px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> <span class="FontStyle67" style="font-size:.9em;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:8pt;" xml:lang="en-us"> <span style="font-size:14px;">Body mass index, VO </span> <sub> <span style="font-size:14px;">2 </span> </sub> <span style="font-size:14px;">max, </span> </span> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:14px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">vital capacity (VC), forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume (FEV1) and forced expiratory rate (FEV1/FVC) </span> <span class="FontStyle67" style="font-size:.9em;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-us">were measured before and after training. </span> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> <span style="font-size:14px;"> Respiratory parameters were measured by spirometry. VO </span> <sub> <span style="font-size:14px;">2 </span> </sub> <span style="font-size:14px;">max measurements were measured by cardiopulmonary exercise test on bicycle ergometer. Respiratory muscle strength was used to determine the respiratory pressure gauge. The data were analyzed in SPSS 22.0 program. Independent Samples T Test was used to assess the significance between the experimental and control groups. Paired Samples T Test was applied for intra-group comparisons. </span> </span> <br /> </p> <p> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;font-weight:700;text-align:justify;">Results: </span> <span class="FontStyle67" style="font-size:.9em;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-us">As a result of the statistical analysis, there was a significant difference in the respiratory parameters of the experimental group (p<0.05). </span> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:14px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> <span class="FontStyle67" style="font-size:.9em;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-us">Aerobic power values were not significant (p>0.05). In the comparison between groups, there was a significant difference in the values of the respiratory parameters in favor of the experimental group. </span> </span> <br /> </p> <p> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;text-align:justify;line-height:13.90999984741211px;"> <span style="font-weight:700;">Conclusion: </span> </span> <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;text-align:justify;line-height:13.90999984741211px;"> <span style="font-weight:700;">  </span> </span> <span class="FontStyle67" style="font-size:.9em;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-us">As a result, it can be said that 6 weeks of respiratory muscle training affects the respiratory parameters positively in swimmers. </span> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:14px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> <span class="FontStyle67" style="font-size:.9em;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-us">It is thought that regular respiratory muscle training improves respiratory parameters. </span> </span> </p>}, number={4}, publisher={İbrahim ERDEMİR}, organization={Gaziantep University}