ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2019
Skeletal muscle, haematological and splenic volume characteristics of elite breath-hold divers.
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- The Effect of Static Apnea Diving Training on the Physiological Parameters of People with a Sports Orientation and Sedentary Participants: A Pilot Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Differential splenic responses to hyperoxic breathing at high altitude in Sherpa and lowlanders.Experimental physiology · 2024Article
- Effects of hyperventilation on repeated breath-holding while in a fasting state: do risks outweigh the benefits?American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2024Article
- Hemoglobin concentration and blood shift during dry static apnea in elite breath hold divers.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Wavelet Analysis of Respiratory Muscle sEMG Signals during the Physiological Breakpoint of Static Dry End-Expiratory Breath-Holding in Naive Apneists: A Pilot Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Increased spleen volume provoked by temperate head-out-of-water immersion.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2022Article
- A century of exercise physiology: key concepts on coupling respiratory oxygen flow to muscle energy demand during exercise.European journal of applied physiology · 2022Review
- Breath Tools: A Synthesis of Evidence-Based Breathing Strategies to Enhance Human Running.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Review
- Physiology, pathophysiology and (mal)adaptations to chronic apnoeic training: a state-of-the-art review.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Review
- Six weeks of dynamic apnoeic training stimulates erythropoiesis but does not increase splenic volume.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of the study was to provide an evaluation of the oxygen transport, exchange and storage capacity of elite breath-hold divers (EBHD) compared with non-divers (ND).
methodsTwenty-one healthy males' (11 EBHD; 10 ND) resting splenic volumes were assessed by ultrasound and venous blood drawn for full blood count analysis. Percutaneous skeletal muscle biopsies were obtained from the m. vastus lateralis to measure capillarisation, and fibre type-specific localisation and distribution of myoglobin and mitochondrial content using quantitative immunofluorescence microscopy.
resultsSplenic volume was not different between groups. Reticulocytes, red blood cells and haemoglobin concentrations were higher (+ 24%, p < 0.05; + 9%, p < 0.05; + 3%, p < 0.05; respectively) and mean cell volume was lower (- 6.5%, p < 0.05) in the EBHD compared with ND. Haematocrit was not different between groups. Capillary density was greater (+ 19%; p < 0.05) in the EBHD. The diffusion distance (R
conclusionsIn conclusion, EBDH demonstrate enhanced oxygen storage in both blood and skeletal muscle and a more efficient oxygen exchange capacity between blood and skeletal muscle versus ND.
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