Comparision of pulmonary function and pulmonary inflammation in professional mid-endurance female runners and Non-athletes

Goals: There is a close and significant relationship between pulmonary functioning, and general health and death rate. With regard to the very limited number of research conducted in Iran on the pulmonary functioning of mid-endurance Iranian woman athletes, this study aims at investigating the effects of physical activity on pulmonary function of professional mid-endurance female runners .
This semi-experimental study applied pre-test and post-test purposefully and voluntarily on 15 mid-endurance Female runners and 15 non-athletes. Pulmonary volumes were measured during, right after, and 10 minutes after Couper’s test. Half an hour later, a sample of the sputum was taken to check bronchia factors (p≥0.05).
Findings: A significant intragroup FVC level was found (p The greatest difference was concerned with the FVC volume, being significant within each group. The average proportion of FEV1 to FVC in athletes and non-athletes, however, were reported 89% and 85%, respectively, which is suggestive of a better respiratory functioning in mid- endurance woman athletes as compared to that in non-athlete women.