Study regarding the assessment of functional respiratory capacity in professional track and field athletes from the CSM Bacău 2010

Abstract

Sports training, its effort and intensity, generate, over time, adaptive modifications in any athlete. In the case of professional track and field athletes, especially middle distance runners, one of the fastest modifications can be observed in the respiratory function. In the case of middle distance running events, the effort requires faster burnings, in other words, the gaseous exchanges and external breathing are really intensified.
This study tried to observed these aspects in a group of athletes belonging to the CSM Bacău 2010, a group composed of middle distance runners (male and female), and pole vaulters. The investigation of the respiratory function was conducted using spirometry methods, at the Bacău County Hospital.