Journal of Sports and Physical Activity
Spirometric parameters and their relationship to body mass index across sport specializations in male student athletes: A cross-sectional study
By Иван Бочарин, Maxim Guryanov, Романова Елена Анатольевна and 3 others.
Abstract
Background
Spirometric parameters are sensitive to the type and volume of habitual physical training, yet comparative data across different sports in non-elite student athletes, particularly in relation to body mass index (BMI), remain limited.
Aims
To compare computer-assisted spirometric parameters in male university students engaged in different sports and to evaluate their associations with BMI.
Methods
Thirty male university students were compared across three groups by sport specialization: mini-football (n=8), basketball (n=10), and cycling (n=12). External respiration was assessed by computer spirometry (PC Spirometry Set, Switzerland); FVC, IRV, ERV, VC, MVV, and TV were analyzed. Group differences were tested with the Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Dunn's post-hoc test (Holm correction); associations with body mass index (BMI) were assessed by Spearman correlation. Physiologically implausible values were excluded before analysis.