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

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

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Disabilities Multiple
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Muscle strength evaluation and Respiratory function Tests

Detailed Description

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 (Anticipated): 25

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Ankara, Turkey
    • Bihter Akınoğlu

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years to 45 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

The study group is Athletes with disabilities.

The control group is the same sport branches but healthy athletes without any disabilites

Description

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).

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Study Group; Study Group=Athletes with Disability	Other: Muscle strength evaluation and Respiratory function Tests; Muscle strength evaluation and Respiratory function Tests
Control Group; Control Group=Healthy Athletes	Other: Muscle strength evaluation and Respiratory function Tests; Muscle strength evaluation and Respiratory function Tests

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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)	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)	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).	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).	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).	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).	2 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
• Investigators: Study Chair: Tuğba Kocahan, Dr, The Ministry of Youth and Sports, Sports General Directorship, Ankara, Turkey

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 1, 2018
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): January 1, 2019
• Study Completion (Anticipated): February 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 29, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 6, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): December 7, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 10, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 7, 2018
• Last Verified: December 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Disability; Athletes; Sport; Respiratory Function; Core Muscles
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2 (Other Identifier: Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: The participants all is national team. Because we can not share the data

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No