The short-term effect of osteopathy on the lung function in professional cyclists.
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- The short-term effect of osteopathy on the lung function in professional cyclists.
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- The short-term effect of osteopathy on the lung function in professional cyclists.
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- PAUWELS ANTHONY
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NAME: Pauwels Anthony. TUTOR: Boddaert Kevin. METHODOLOGICAL TUTOR: Quaghebeur Jo¨rgen. YEAR: 2020.
TITLE: The short-term effect of osteopathy on the lung function in professional cyclists.RESEARCH TITLE: Research as to the effect of a set of osteopathic techniques focused on the respiratory diaphragm in professional cyclists: a clinical trial.
BACKGROUND: The competitive nature of professional sports creates a constant demand for therapeutic strategies that could influence sports performance. In professional cycling the role of an osteopath and preventive therapy became increasingly important. Attention has been brought to the possibility that breathing may be a limitation to performance in professional cyclists. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the short-term effect on lung function of a set of osteopathic techniques in healthy professional cyclist with no history of respiratory disease. METHOD: A spirometry test was used to evaluate the effect on the lung function. All subjects performed 3 full spirometry tests. Two tests were done before the intervention and one after. All 3 tests were performed within a same interval of delay. All subjects received a set of osteopathic techniques focused on the respiratory diaphragm as an intervention. RESULTS: Male professional cyclists (n = 23) (24.70 ±4.8 years of age; BMI 21.63 ±1.77) were enrolled in the study. There was no statistically significant difference for FVC, FEV1, PEF, FIVC, FIV1 and PIF between PRE- and POST-measurements. This study showed a postintervention worsening of most of the pulmonary function measures. The most striking result to emerge from the data was the improvement of PIF values from PRE- to POST-measurement. An insignificant effect in repeated measures has been shown (ANCOVA: F(1,20) = 3.394; p = .080; ?p2 = .145). In addition, a statistically insignificant interaction effect has been found between PIF and age in repeated measures (ANCOVA: F(1,20) = 3.815; p =.065; ?p2 =.160). The study had a power of 57 %. DISCUSSION: A larger sample size and a different study design with inclusion of a control and/or placebo group, could improve this research. Further research should be done with different sets of osteopathic techniques and evaluate what the effect is long term. CONCLUSION: This study, lacking power, showed no significant direct effect by using this set of osteopathic techniques to improve the lung function in a population of professional cyclists.
Keywords: osteopathy; respiratory diaphragm; professional cyclists; cycling; spirometry - Abstract
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NAME: Pauwels Anthony. TUTOR: Boddaert Kevin. METHODOLOGICAL TUTOR: Quaghebeur Jo¨rgen. YEAR: 2020.
TITLE: The short-term effect of osteopathy on the lung function in professional cyclists.RESEARCH TITLE: Research as to the effect of a set of osteopathic techniques focused on the respiratory diaphragm in professional cyclists: a clinical trial.
BACKGROUND: The competitive nature of professional sports creates a constant demand for therapeutic strategies that could influence sports performance. In professional cycling the role of an osteopath and preventive therapy became increasingly important. Attention has been brought to the possibility that breathing may be a limitation to performance in professional cyclists. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the short-term effect on lung function of a set of osteopathic techniques in healthy professional cyclist with no history of respiratory disease. METHOD: A spirometry test was used to evaluate the effect on the lung function. All subjects performed 3 full spirometry tests. Two tests were done before the intervention and one after. All 3 tests were performed within a same interval of delay. All subjects received a set of osteopathic techniques focused on the respiratory diaphragm as an intervention. RESULTS: Male professional cyclists (n = 23) (24.70 ±4.8 years of age; BMI 21.63 ±1.77) were enrolled in the study. There was no statistically significant difference for FVC, FEV1, PEF, FIVC, FIV1 and PIF between PRE- and POST-measurements. This study showed a postintervention worsening of most of the pulmonary function measures. The most striking result to emerge from the data was the improvement of PIF values from PRE- to POST-measurement. An insignificant effect in repeated measures has been shown (ANCOVA: F(1,20) = 3.394; p = .080; ?p2 = .145). In addition, a statistically insignificant interaction effect has been found between PIF and age in repeated measures (ANCOVA: F(1,20) = 3.815; p =.065; ?p2 =.160). The study had a power of 57 %. DISCUSSION: A larger sample size and a different study design with inclusion of a control and/or placebo group, could improve this research. Further research should be done with different sets of osteopathic techniques and evaluate what the effect is long term. CONCLUSION: This study, lacking power, showed no significant direct effect by using this set of osteopathic techniques to improve the lung function in a population of professional cyclists.
Keywords: osteopathy; respiratory diaphragm; professional cyclists; cycling; spirometry - presented at
- FICO
- Date Accepted
- 2020
- Date Submitted
- 23.4.2020 10:57:22
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 72
- Submitted by:
- 83742
- Pub-Identifier
- 16639
- Inst-Identifier
- 1169
- Keywords
- osteopathy, respiratory diaphragm, professional cyclists, cycling, spirometry
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PAUWELS ANTHONY, “The short-term effect of osteopathy on the lung function in professional cyclists.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 5, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/1979