Effect of Physical Training On Pulmonary Function Test In Young Adults Of A Physical Training Academy

Rupali S Baburdikar; Deepa Nair; Meena Agrawal

Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2018

Effect of Physical Training On Pulmonary Function Test In Young Adults Of A Physical Training Academy

Rupali S Baburdikar, Deepa Nair, Meena Agrawal

Abstract :

Physical inactivity and low cardio-respiratory fitness are recognized as important causes of morbidity and mortality. Pulmonary function tests help in monitoring the efficacy of physical training. It includes parameters like FEV1, FVC, MVV, PEFR, FEF 25-75. Cardio-pulmonary efficiency tests help to study aerobic conditioning, which includes lung ventilation. Lung ventilation, the most important parameter of physical fitness is controlled by skeletal muscle fitness. There are many studies carried out on defense personals, but very studies about young adults who aspire to take entry in the army, navy or police force.The present study was aimed to evaluate the importance of physical activity in improving strength and endurance of respiratory muscles. So we measured various spirometry parameters (PFT) to find out the cardio-respiratory response and blood pressure to study cardio-vascular response in the individuals who underwent rigorous physical training for 9months. 30 healthy male subjects between age group of 18-23 years were selected randomly. Before and after training period of 9 months,spirometry and other parameters like height, weight,body surface area wererecorded. We got statistically significant improvement in parameters like FEV1, FVC, MVV, PEFRand FEF 25-75. We observed statistically significant reduction in the mean systolic and diastolic resting blood pressure after training. From our results we conclude that physical training like regular aerobic exercise improves lung function parameters and cardiac efficiency. Regular aerobic exercise improves cardio-respiratory fitness.