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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
卷 122, 期 12, 页码 2515-2531出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-022-05024-z
关键词
Hyperpnea; Blood pressure; Exercise performance; Sleep efficiency; Hypertension; Lung function
资金
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
The purpose of this study was to test whether respiratory muscle endurance training improves blood pressure, sleep, pulmonary function, and exercise capacity in elderly individuals. The results showed that respiratory muscle endurance training significantly improved respiratory and whole body endurance performance, but had no effect on blood pressure and sleep.
Purpose Ageing is associated with increased blood pressure (BP), reduced sleep, decreased pulmonary function and exercise capacity. The main purpose of this study was to test whether respiratory muscle endurance training (RMET) improves these parameters. Methods Twenty-four active normotensive and prehypertensive participants (age: 65.8 years) were randomized and balanced to receive either RMET (N = 12) or placebo (PLA, N = 12). RMET consisted of 30 min of volitional normocapnic hyperpnea at 60% of maximal voluntary ventilation while PLA consisted of 1 inhalation day(-1) of a lactose powder. Both interventions were performed on 4-5 days week(-1) for 4-5 weeks. Before and after the intervention, resting BP, pulmonary function, time to exhaustion in an incremental respiratory muscle test (incRMET), an incremental treadmill test (IT) and in a constant-load treadmill test (CLT) at 80% of peak oxygen consumption, balance, sleep at home, and body composition were assessed. Data was analyzed with 2 x 2 mixed ANOVAs. Results Compared to PLA, there was no change in resting BP (independent of initial resting BP), pulmonary function, IT performance, sleep, body composition or balance (all p > 0.05). Performance significantly increased in the incRMET (+ 6.3 min) and the CLT (+ 3.2 min), resulting in significant interaction effects (p < 0.05). Conclusion In the elderly population, RMET might be used to improve respiratory and whole body endurance performance either as an adjunct to physical exercise training or as a replacement thereof for people not being able to intensively exercise even if no change in BP or sleep may be expected.
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