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The effects of an external nasal dilator on the work of breathing during exercise

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Date Issued:
1999
Summary:
Effects of an external nasal dilator on the work of breathing was measured during exercise in 14 untrained students (age, 24 $\pm$ 3 yr.). Two maximal, incremental ergometer tests were performed to exhaustion. Subjects wore a placebo or an active nasal dilator strip, in random order, during each test. Measurement of inspiratory elastic work (inew), inspiratory resistive work (inrw), and expiratory resistive work (exrw) was done using an esophageal balloon. Measured variables included VO$\sb2$, V$\rm\sb{E}$, V$\rm\sb{T}$, frequency of breathing (f), inew, inrw, and exrw, (work expressed in joules). There were no significant differences in VO$\sb2$, V$\rm\sb{E}$, V$\rm\sb{T}$ or f between groups ($\rm p>0.05$). No significant difference was found at peak exercise between groups (mean $\pm$ SD; Placebo; inew, $1.1\pm0.6$ J, inrw, $1.4\pm0.8$ J, exrw $2.2\pm1.8$ J; Active; inew, $1.0\pm0.5$ J, inrw, $1.3\pm0.7$ J, exrw, $1.8\pm0.9$ J; $\rm p>0.05$). Wearing an external nasal dilator does not significantly reduce the work of breathing during exercise.
Title: The effects of an external nasal dilator on the work of breathing during exercise.
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Name(s): James, Todd Robert.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
O'Kroy, Joseph A., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1999
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 39 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Effects of an external nasal dilator on the work of breathing was measured during exercise in 14 untrained students (age, 24 $\pm$ 3 yr.). Two maximal, incremental ergometer tests were performed to exhaustion. Subjects wore a placebo or an active nasal dilator strip, in random order, during each test. Measurement of inspiratory elastic work (inew), inspiratory resistive work (inrw), and expiratory resistive work (exrw) was done using an esophageal balloon. Measured variables included VO$\sb2$, V$\rm\sb{E}$, V$\rm\sb{T}$, frequency of breathing (f), inew, inrw, and exrw, (work expressed in joules). There were no significant differences in VO$\sb2$, V$\rm\sb{E}$, V$\rm\sb{T}$ or f between groups ($\rm p>0.05$). No significant difference was found at peak exercise between groups (mean $\pm$ SD; Placebo; inew, $1.1\pm0.6$ J, inrw, $1.4\pm0.8$ J, exrw $2.2\pm1.8$ J; Active; inew, $1.0\pm0.5$ J, inrw, $1.3\pm0.7$ J, exrw, $1.8\pm0.9$ J; $\rm p>0.05$). Wearing an external nasal dilator does not significantly reduce the work of breathing during exercise.
Identifier: 9780599377912 (isbn), 15691 (digitool), FADT15691 (IID), fau:12447 (fedora)
Note(s): College of Education
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1999.
Subject(s): Respiration--Measurement
Exercise--Physiological aspects
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