ArticlePhysiological reports2018
Does competitive swimming affect lung growth?
Article in Physiological reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Eight Weeks of Inspiratory Muscle Training Improves Pulmonary Function in Disabled Swimmers-A Randomized Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Trial
- Lung Function Changes with Swim Training in Healthy and Allergic Endurance Athletes.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Cardiac output limits maximal oxygen consumption, but what limits maximal cardiac output?Experimental physiology · 2025Review
- Swimming exercise support respiratory functions of children with mild intellectual disabilities: controlled study.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2025Article
- Effects of Swimming Exercise on Early Adolescents' Physical Conditioning and Physical Health: A Systematic Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Review
- The Puzzle of Marijuana Use and Forced Vital Capacity.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2024Review
- Pulmonary responses following cardiac rehabilitation and the relationship with functional outcomes in children and young adults with heart disease.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
- Pulmonary function in swimmers exposed to disinfection by-products: a narrative review.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Review
- Determinants of lung function changes in athletic swimmers. A review.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2022Review
- Reference equations for pulmonary diffusing capacity using segmented regression show similar predictive accuracy as GAMLSS models.BMJ open respiratory research · 2022Article
- Is the healthy respiratory system built just right, overbuilt, or underbuilt to meet the demands imposed by exercise?Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2020Article
- Exercise and Asthma.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2020Review
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- Does competitive swimming affect lung growth?Physiological reports · 2018Article
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Whether the large lungs of swimmers result from intensive training or genetic endowment has been widely debated. Given that peak lung growth velocities occur during puberty, this study examined if competitive swimming during puberty affected lung growth. Eleven- to fourteen-year-old healthy female competitive swimmers and controls were assessed before (PRE) and after (POST) one swimming season (7.4 ± 0.5 months). Pulmonary function testing included lung volumes, spirometry, diffusion capacity (D
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