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Ventilatory response lines to carbon dioxide at rest were determined by the rebreathing method in 10 untrained subjects, 17 sprint swimmers, and 11 long-distance swimmers. It was found that the mean slope of the ventilatory response line of the swimmer was lower than that of the untrained group, and the mean slope of the long distance swimmer was lower as compared with the sprint swimmer, though these differences were statistically not significant. The differences in the hypercapnic drive between untrained subjects and swimmers obtained here is discussed in connection with their maximum oxygen uptake.
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Ohkuwa, T., Fujitsuka, N., Utsuno, T. et al. Ventilatory response to hypercapnia in sprint and long-distance swimmers. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 43, 235–241 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00421837
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