Inspiratory muscle training and its effects on exercise performance

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Title
Inspiratory muscle training and its effects on exercise performance
Author(s)
Baggott Grant
Abstract
During the last decade studies show that respiratory muscles respond and adapt to exercise in ways similar to skeletal muscles. Because of the potential for respiratory muscle fatigue, in both health and disease, interest in the adaptability of respiratory muscles to endurance-type exercise has grown significantly as a result. To date there has been relatively few osteopathic studies carried out investigating the effects of inspiratory muscle training on exercise performance. The Astrand Cycle Test is used to provide a prediction of maximal oxygen consumption based upon the performer's heart-rate response at a given power level or submaximal oxygen consumption. Predicted VO2max values were recorded in twenty asymptomatic subjects who underwent four weeks of inspiratory muscle training. One group of ten subjects carried out inspiratory muscle training using the Ultrabreathe Respiratory Trainer. The other group carried out Pursed-Lip Breathing. Following the training regimen re-assessment of predicted VO2max, using the Astrand Cycle Test, was carried out. No significant differences were found between pre- and post- values in either predicted VO2max or submaximal heart rate (P>0.05). This study provided no evidence that inspiratory muscle training affected exercise capacity as measured by the Astrand Cycle Test.
Date Accepted
2002
Date Submitted
1.11.2003 00:00:00
Type
undergraduate_project
Language
English
Number of pages
81
Submitted by:
62
Pub-Identifier
12980
Inst-Identifier
1076
Keywords
Exercise,Respiratory System,Muscles,Ultrabreathe Respiratory Trainer,Osteopathy
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Baggott Grant, “Inspiratory muscle training and its effects on exercise performance”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 2, 2025, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/1354