1. Aerobic capacity and respiratory patterns are better in recreational basketball-engaged university students than age-matched untrained males
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Nebojsa Maksimovic, Tatjana Miljković, Antonino Bianco, Marko Stojanovic, Miodrag Golubovic, Marija Bjelobrk, Aleksandra Milovancev, Mladen Mikić, Patrik Drid, Mikic M., Stojanovic M.D.M., Milovancev A., Miljkovic T., Bjelobrk M., Golubovic M., Maksimovic N., Bianco A., and Drid P.
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Basketball ,Physiology ,business.industry ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,030229 sport sciences ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Team-sport ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Spirometry ,Sports medicine ,Maximal oxygen consumption ,Physical therapy ,QP1-981 ,Medicine ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Respiratory system ,Recreational basketball ,business ,RC1200-1245 ,Recreation ,Aerobic capacity - Abstract
Study aim: To asses and compare the aerobic capacity and respiratory parameters in recreational basketball-engaged university students with age-matched untrained young adults. Material and methods: A total of 30 subjects were selected to took part in the study based on recreational-basketball activity level and were assigned to a basketball (BG: n = 15, age 22.86 ± 1.35 yrs., body height 185.07 ± 5.95 cm, body weight 81.21 ± 6.15 kg) and untrained group (UG: n = 15, age 22.60 ± 1.50 yrs., body height 181.53 ± 6.11 cm, body weight 76.89 ± 7.30 kg). Inspiratory vital capacity (IVC), forced expiration volume (FEV1), FEV1/IVC ratio, maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max), ventilatory threshold (VO2VT) and time to exhaustion, were measured in all subjects. Student T-test for independent Sample and Cohen’s d as the measure of the effect size were calculated. Results: Recreational basketball-engaged students (EG) reached significantly greater IVC (t = 7.240, p < 0.001, d = 1.854), FEV1 (t = 10.852, p < 0.001, d = 2.834), FEV1/IVC ratio (t = 6.370, p < 0.001, d = 3.920), maximal oxygen consumption (t = 9.039, p < 0.001, d = 3.310), ventilatory threshold (t = 9.859, p < 0.001, d = 3.607) and time to exhaustion (t = 12.361, p < 0.001, d = 4.515) compared to UG. Conclusions: Long-term exposure to recreational basketball leads to adaptive changes in aerobic and respiratory parameters in male university students.
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- 2021