scholarly journals Improved Respiratory Muscle Endurance of Highly Trained Cyclists and the Effects on Maximal Exercise Performance

1991 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 66-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Fairbarn ◽  
K. Coutts ◽  
R. Pardy ◽  
D. McKenzie
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Johnna Somerville

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the effects of a 4-week respiratory muscle endurance training (eRMT) program on the physiological and psychological aspects of central fatigue using, respectively, near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and quantification of effort perceptions during maximal exercise. A secondary objective was to assess any impact of eRMT on respiratory health and exercise performance. This study compared pre- and post-eRMT data from the same group of healthy adults. The results indicated that eRMT did not have any effect on respiratory function, exercise time to exhaustion, or physiological responses to exercise but significantly decreased ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) during exercise. An increase in the concentrations of oxygenated hemoglobin [O2Hb], deoxygenated hemoglobin [HHb], and total hemoglobin [tHb] during exercise was observed post-eRMT compared to pre-eRMT, and this increase differed by hemisphere. Based on these preliminary findings, we suggest an eRMTinduced left-to-right hemodynamic shift during exercise, consistent with the change from a novel to a learned task.


2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 286
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Mandak ◽  
Timothy R. McConnell ◽  
William Shearn ◽  
Rebecca Palm ◽  
Jacqueline Gardner ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
pp. 759-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michail E. Keramidas ◽  
Tadej Debevec ◽  
Mojca Amon ◽  
Stylianos N. Kounalakis ◽  
Bostjan Simunic ◽  
...  

CHEST Journal ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (4) ◽  
pp. 886-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph J.H. Koppers ◽  
Petra J.E. Vos ◽  
Cecile R.L. Boot ◽  
Hans Th. M. Folgering

2007 ◽  
Vol 292 (3) ◽  
pp. R1246-R1253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Verges ◽  
Oliver Lenherr ◽  
Andrea C. Haner ◽  
Christian Schulz ◽  
Christina M. Spengler

Respiratory muscle fatigue develops during exhaustive exercise and can limit exercise performance. Respiratory muscle training, in turn, can increase exercise performance. We investigated whether respiratory muscle endurance training (RMT) reduces exercise-induced inspiratory and expiratory muscle fatigue. Twenty-one healthy, male volunteers performed twenty 30-min sessions of either normocapnic hyperpnoea ( n = 13) or sham training (CON, n = 8) over 4–5 wk. Before and after training, subjects performed a constant-load cycling test at 85% maximal power output to exhaustion (PREEXH, POSTEXH). A further posttraining test was stopped at the pretraining duration (POSTISO) i.e., isotime. Before and after cycling, transdiaphragmatic pressure was measured during cervical magnetic stimulation to assess diaphragm contractility, and gastric pressure was measured during thoracic magnetic stimulation to assess abdominal muscle contractility. Overall, RMT did not reduce respiratory muscle fatigue. However, in subjects who developed >10% of diaphragm or abdominal muscle fatigue in PREEXH, fatigue was significantly reduced after RMT in POSTISO (inspiratory: −17 ± 6% vs. −9 ± 10%, P = 0.038, n = 9; abdominal: −19 ± 10% vs. −11 ± 11%, P = 0.038, n = 9), while sham training had no significant effect. Similarly, cycling endurance in POSTEXH did not improve after RMT ( P = 0.071), while a significant improvement was seen in the subgroup with >10% of diaphragm fatigue after PREEXH ( P = 0.017), but not in the sham training group ( P = 0.674). However, changes in cycling endurance did not correlate with changes in respiratory muscle fatigue. In conclusion, RMT decreased the development of respiratory muscle fatigue during intensive exercise, but this change did not seem to improve cycling endurance.


CHEST Journal ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 557-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard McElvaney ◽  
Mary Sue Fairbarn ◽  
Pearce G. Wilcox ◽  
Richard L. Pardy

2001 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 582-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Stuessi ◽  
Christina M. Spengler ◽  
Claudia Knöpfli-Lenzin ◽  
Gawril Markov ◽  
Urs Boutellier

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