Respiratory muscle specific warm-up and elite swimming performance

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Wilson, Emma Elizabeth and McKeever, Tricia M. and Lobb, Claire and Sherriff, Tom and Gupta, Luke and Hearson, Glenn and Martin, Neil and Lindley, Martin R. and Shaw, Dominick E. (2014) Respiratory muscle specific warm-up and elite swimming performance. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 48 (9). pp. 789-791. ISSN 1473-0480

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Abstract

Background: Inspiratory muscle training has been shown to improve performance in elite swimmers, when used as part of routine training, but its use as a respiratory warm-up has yet to be investigated.

Aim: To determine the influence of inspiratory muscle exercise (IME) as a respiratory muscle warm-up in a randomised controlled cross-over trial.

Methods: A total of 15 elite swimmers were assigned to four different warm-up protocols and the effects of IME on 100 m freestyle swimming times were assessed.Each swimmer completed four different IME warm-up protocols across four separate study visits: swimming-only warm-up; swimming warm-up plus IME warm-up (2 sets of 30 breaths with a 40% maximum inspiratory mouth pressure load using the Powerbreathe inspiratory muscle trainer); swimming warm-up plus sham IME warm-up (2 sets of 30 breaths with a 15% maximum inspiratory mouth pressure load using the Powerbreathe inspiratory muscle trainer); and IME-only warm-up. Swimmers performed a series of physiological tests and scales of perception (rate of perceived exertion and dyspnoea) at three time points (pre warm-up, post warm-up and post time trial).

Results: The combined standard swimming warm-up and IME warm-up were the fastest of the four protocols with a 100 m time of 57.05 s. This was significantly faster than the IME-only warm-up (mean difference=1.18 s, 95% CI 0.44 to 1.92, p<0.01) and the swim-only warm-up (mean difference=0.62 s, 95% CI 0.001 to 1.23, p=0.05).

Conclusions: Using IME combined with a standard swimming warm-up significantly improves 100 m freestyle swimming performance in elite swimmers.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Assessing Physical Training Modalities in Enhancing Sports Performance, Elite Performance, Respiratory, Swimming
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Medicine > Division of Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Medicine > Division of Respiratory Medicine
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2013-092523
Depositing User: Claringburn, Tara
Date Deposited: 26 Feb 2016 08:30
Last Modified: 12 Oct 2017 20:16
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/31919

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