Journal of Sports Medicine & Doping Studies

José Ângelo Rizzo

Publications

• Research Article
  Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm in Soccer Athletes Living in a Tropical Humid Region
  Author(s): Rodrigo Luis Mousinho Gomes, Edil de Albuquerque Rodrigues Filho, Marco Aurélio de Valois Correia Júnior, Gilmário Ricarte Batista, Anderson Henrique Souza de Almeida and José Ângelo RizzoRodrigo Luis Mousinho Gomes, Edil de Albuquerque Rodrigues Filho, Marco Aurélio de Valois Correia Júnior, Gilmário Ricarte Batista, Anderson Henrique Souza de Almeida and José Ângelo Rizzo
  
  Background: Exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) is frequent in asthmatic athletes and, although less prevalent, also occurs in non-asthmatic ones. Breathing warm-humid air reduces this phenomenon.Objective: To evaluate EIB prevalence in semi-professional soccer athletes from a tropical humid region.Methods: We included athletes from a soccer team from the city of Recife-Brazil. A history of asthma or respiratory symptoms after exercise, demographic data and baseline FEV1 measurements were obtained. Thereafter, each athlete performed a standardized free field running to achieve 85% to 95% of the maximum calculated heart rate for the last 6 minutes of a total running time of 8 to 10 minutes. FEV1 was measured again at 5, 10, 15 and 30 minutes after exercise and EIB was defined as a reduction ≥ 10% from basal values in .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0673.1000200

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