Relationship Between Core and Respiratory Muscle Endurance in Elite Handball Players

Abstract

Background: Postural and respiratory control cooperation is crucial in handball, which requires high levels of postural control, strength, aerobic and respiratory endurance. In the literature, no study has been found that examines the relationship between respiratory and core endurance in handball players. This study aims to investigate the correlation between core muscle endurance and respira-tory muscle function in elite handball players. Materials and Methods: Twenty-four female handball players were (22.17±3.42 years) included in the study. Core endurance, pulmonary functions including Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume in First Second (FEV1), FEV1/FVC, Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF), respiratory muscle endurance and strength (Maximal Inspiratory Pressure; MIP, Maximal Expiratory Pressure; MEP) were evaluated in players. Results: There were positive significant correlations between dominant wall sit hold test duration (s) and respiratory muscle performance, including respiratory muscle endurance (cmH2Oxs) (r=0.536) and duration (Tmax) (r=0.441), MIP (r=0.446; r=0.439), MEP (r=0.482;r=0.546) (cmH2O/%). The positive significant correlations were observed between non-dominant wall sit hold duration and MIP (r=0.534; r=0.548) (cmH2O/%), MEP (r=0.442) (%) (p≤0.05). The respiratory muscle endurance and expiratory muscle strength values (53.4%, p=0.001; r=0.764) have a significant influence on core muscle endurance. Conclusions: Trainings that include core-respiratory muscle cooperation should be developed for better postural control, strength and endurance in handball players. The contribution of a compre-hensive training program to improve postural stability and respiratory function on athletic perfor-mance should be investigated.

Keywords

• Endurance
• Maximal Inspiratory Pressure
• Maximal Expiratory Pressure
• Handball
• Diaphragm

Supporting Institution

Authors declared no financial support.

Ethical Statement

This study was approved by the local Ethics Committee of the Gazi University (2023-1199).

Thanks

The authors would like to thank Gazi University Academic Writing Research and Application Centre for proofreading this article.

Elit Hentbol Oyuncularında Kor ve Solunum Kas Enduransı Arasındaki İlişki

Abstract

Amaç: Yüksek düzeyde postüral kontrol, kuvvet, aerobik ve solunum kas enduransı gerektiren hent-bolda postüral kontrol ve solunum iş birliği çok önemlidir. Literatürde hentbol oyuncularında solu-num-kor endurans ilişkisini inceleyen çalışmaya rastlanmamıştır. Bu çalışma elit hentbol oyuncuların-da gövde kas dayanıklılığı ile solunum kas fonksiyonu arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Materyal ve Metod: Çalışmaya 24 (22.17±3.42 yıl) kadın hentbol oyuncusu dahil edildi. Sporcularda kor endurans, Zorlu Vital Kapasite (FVC), 1. saniyedeki Zorlu Ekspirasyon Hacmi (FEV1), FEV1/FVC, Zirve Ekspiratuar Akım Hızı (PEF)’nı içeren pulmoner fonksiyonlar, solunum kas kuvveti (Maksimal İnspiras-yon Basıncı; MIP, Maksimal Ekspirasyon Basıncı; MEP) ve enduransı değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Baskın ekstremite duvar destekli oturma tutma testi süresi (s) ile solunum kas performansını içeren solunum kası enduransı (cmH2Oxs) (r=0,536) ve süresi (Tmax) (r=0,441), MIP (r=0,446; r=0,439), MEP (r=0,482; r=0,546) (cmH2O/%) arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı ilişki vardı. Baskın olmayan ekstre-mite duvar destekli oturma süresi ile MIP (r=0,534; r=0,548) (cmH2O/%), MEP (r=0,442) (%) arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı ilişki gözlemlendi (p≤0,05). Solunum kas enduransı ve ekspiratuar kas kuvveti değerleri (%53,4, p=0,001; r=0,764) kor kas enduransı üzerinde önemli bir etkiye sahiptir. Sonuç: Hentbol oyuncularında daha iyi postüral kontrol, kuvvet ve dayanıklılık için kor-solunum kası iş birliği içeren antrenmanlar geliştirilmelidir. Postüral stabiliteyi ve solunum fonksiyonunu iyileştirme-ye yönelik kapsamlı bir eğitim programının atletik performansa katkısı araştırılmalıdır.

Keywords

• Endurans
• Maksimal İnspirasyon Basıncı
• Maksimal Ekspirasyon Basıncı
• Sporcular
• Diyafram

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