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  • 1Department of Sports Studies, University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Education, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

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Physically active breathing engages different body sectors unevenly. The upper breathing sector showed the highest engagement (39.8%) during a 1-minute test in healthy individuals.

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1-min breathing at restBreathing patternengagement of breathing sectorsmeasurement of thoracic cavity expansionmuscle dynamometertidal breathing

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Area of Science:

  • Physiology
  • Sports Science
  • Biomechanics

Background:

  • Breathing mechanics are crucial for physical activity and athletic performance.
  • Understanding the engagement of different breathing sectors can inform training and rehabilitation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantify the proportion of engagement of individual breathing sectors during 1-minute of physically active breathing at rest.
  • To analyze breathing movement patterns in healthy, physically active individuals.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the muscle dynamometer MD03 (Hitron, Plzeň, Czech Republic) to analyze breathing movements.
  • Measured breathing engagement in 163 healthy, physically active participants.

Main Results:

  • The lower breathing sector was engaged at 29.2%.
  • The middle breathing sector was engaged at 31.0%.
  • The upper breathing sector showed the highest engagement at 39.8%.

Conclusions:

  • The upper breathing sector is most engaged during short bursts of physically active breathing in this population.
  • The observed difference in engagement between lower and upper sectors was 10.6%.
  • The muscle dynamometer MD03 is a potentially valuable tool for practicing localized and full breathing techniques.