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Body Metabolism and Exercise pp 35–43Cite as

Effects of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Resistance to Fatigue of Respiratory Muscles During Exhaustive Exercise

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on resistance to fatigue of the diaphragm (D), parasternal (PS), sternocleidomastoid (SCM) and scalene (SC) muscles in healthy humans during exhaustive exercise. Daily inspiratory muscle strength training was performed for 3 weeks in 10 male subjects (at a pressure threshold load of 60 % of maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) for the first week, 70 % of MIP for the second week, and 80 % of MIP for the third week). Before and after training, subjects performed an incremental cycle test to exhaustion. Maximal inspiratory pressure and EMG-analysis served as indices of inspiratory muscle fatigue assessment. The before-to-after exercise decreases in MIP and centroid frequency (fc) of the EMG (D, PS, SCM, and SC) power spectrum (P < 0.05) were observed in all subjects before the IMT intervention. Such changes were absent after the IMT. The study found that in healthy subjects, IMT results in significant increase in MIP (+18 %), a delay of inspiratory muscle fatigue during exhaustive exercise, and a significant improvement in maximal work performance. We conclude that the IMT elicits resistance to the development of inspiratory muscles fatigue during high-intensity exercise.

Keywords

  • Diaphragm
  • EMG
  • Inspiratory muscle fatigue
  • Parasternal
  • Scalene
  • Sternocleidomastoid

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  1. Laboratory of Respiration Physiology, I.P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Science, 6 Makarova nab., Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    M. O. Segizbaeva

  2. Department of Natural Sciences, Military Sport Institute, 63, Bolshoy Sampsonievskyi Pr, Saint Petersburg, 194353, Russia

    N. N. Timofeev & E. N. Kur’yanovich

  3. I.P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Science, Saint Petersburg, Russia

    Zh. A. Donina & N. P. Aleksandrova

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Segizbaeva, M.O., Timofeev, N.N., Donina, Z.A., Kur’yanovich, E.N., Aleksandrova, N.P. (2014). Effects of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Resistance to Fatigue of Respiratory Muscles During Exhaustive Exercise. In: Pokorski, M. (eds) Body Metabolism and Exercise. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology(), vol 840. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2014_20

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