Investigation of the Relationship Between Pulmonary Function and Muscle Strength in Athletes With Disability

Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University25 enrolled

Overview

To investigate the relationship between respiratory function and core muscles strength in athletes with disabilities and compare with healthy athletes.

The determination of parameters affecting the performance of high performance athletes that are effective in performance is very important to determine the physical performance potential. The body is a kinetic chain and core muscles play an important role in this chain. The relationship between the performance ability of the athletes and the relationship between the core muscles and performance abilities and respiratory function is extremely important. Different functional classifications caused by different barriers (physical, mental or visual) in many paralympic branches affect physical training because it is directly related to the classification, performance and training adaptations of an athlete. Determining the parameters that affect the respiratory function of paralympics is very important to develop a training program with strategies that can affect the physical performance of athletes and thus to achieve the desired results in training and competitions. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between respiratory muscle strength and core muscle strength in paralympic athletes (athletes with disability).

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Disabilities Multiple

Interventions

Muscle strength evaluation and Respiratory function TestsOTHER

Muscle strength evaluation and Respiratory function Tests

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 16 YearsMax age: 45 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Being professional athletes for at least three years. Exclusion Criteria: * Having any lumbar injuries in the last three months, * Having systemic problems other than their disabilities(for athletes with disabilities), * Having any disability related to vision and hearing, * Acute or chronic respiratory infection, * Spinal cord injury level up to the innervation of the abdominal muscles (for paraplegic athletes).

Locations (1)

Bihter Akınoğlu

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

FVC (the rate of normal value by the spirometer device)

Functional vital capacity: will evaluate by the rate of normal value by the spirometer device (Pony FX Cosmed device)

Time frame: 2 days

FEV1 ( the rate of normal value by the spirometer device)

First second Forced Expiratory Volume:will evaluate by the rate of normal value by the spirometer device (Pony FX Cosmed device)

Time frame: 2 days

Muscle strength (Abdominal Flexor Muscle Strength: will evaluate as Newtonmeter (Nm) by isokinetic device)

Abdominal Flexor Muscle Strength: will evaluate as Newtonmeter (Nm) by isokinetic device (IsoMed 2000, trunk attachment).

Time frame: 2 days

Muscle strength (Abdominal Exstansor Muscle Strength: will evaluate as Newtonmeter (Nm) by isokinetic device)

Abdominal Extensor Muscle Strength: will evaluate as Newtonmeter (Nm) by isokinetic device (IsoMed 2000, trunk attachment).

Time frame: 2 days

Muscle strength (Abdominal right rotator Muscle Strength: will evaluate as Newtonmeter (Nm) by isokinetic device)

Abdominal right rotator Muscle Strength: will evaluate as Newtonmeter (Nm) by isokinetic device (IsoMed 2000, trunk attachment).

Time frame: 2 days

Muscle strength (Abdominal left rotator Muscle Strength: will evaluate as Newtonmeter (Nm) by isokinetic device)

Abdominal left rotator Muscle Strength: will evaluate as Newtonmeter (Nm) by isokinetic device (IsoMed 2000, trunk attachment).

Time frame: 2 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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