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Banu Kabak1, Murat Erdoğan2, Erkan Tortu3
1Performance Laboratory, Department of Athlete Health Service Quality Standards, Ministry of Youth and Sports, 06820 Ankara, Türkiye.
High-level athletes who had COVID-19 showed altered relationships between respiratory function measures like Forced Vital Capacity and Peak Expiratory Flow compared to uninfected athletes.
Area of Science:
- Sports Medicine
- Pulmonology
- Infectious Disease
Background:
- COVID-19 impacts multiple physiological systems, including respiratory function crucial for athletes.
- Previous studies noted pulmonary changes in recovering athletes, but effects on respiratory function interrelationships remain unclear.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the interrelationships among respiratory function parameters in high-level athletes.
- To compare respiratory function and muscle strength between athletes with and without a history of COVID-19.
Main Methods:
- Sixty-eight high-level athletes (34 COVID-19 history, 34 controls) were assessed.
- Respiratory function and muscle strength measured using a digital spirometer.
- Key parameters: FVC, PEF, MVV, FEV1, MIP/MEP.
Main Results:
- Athletes with prior COVID-19 showed significant differences in correlations between FVC-PEF, FVC-MVV, FEV1-FEV1/FVC, and MIP-MVV compared to controls.
- These disruptions in parameter interrelationships were statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Conclusions:
- COVID-19 infection can disrupt the interconnectedness of respiratory function parameters in elite athletes.
- Further longitudinal studies are needed to understand long-term effects on athletic respiratory health.
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