Introduction: Since wrestling is accompanied with maximal effort and entails a great deal of pulmonary respiration during training and competition, bronchoconstriction causes functionally physical capacity in wrestlers.
Purpose: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of respiratory tract obstruction in professional Greco wrestlers.
Methods: For this reason, 20 Wrestlers (age 49/3 ± 62/22 years, height 85/8 ± 02/176 cm, weight 45/14 ± 10/79 kg, VO2max 40/4 ± 77/47 ml / kg / min) who engaged in professional wrestling for at least seven years were selectively and purposefully screened. Strand treadmill test was used as a test of maximal activity. Post-exercise spirometry test was performed in 1, 5, 15, 30 time points after stopping the exercise test.
Results: The results showed that FEV1 in 1, 5, 15 and 30 minutes decreased respectively 3/2, 6/5, 2/8 and 4/6 percents and FEF25-75 decreased 1/4, 1/8 , 5/11 and 2/9 percents. A decrease of 7/3, 8/7, 7/9 and 7/6 percents was also observed in PEF. Our findings suggest that the greatest amount of decrease occurred at 5 and 15 minutes after exercise.
Discussion: The prevalence of exercise-induced bronchospasm in the study population was 15%, while the prevalence of EIB in the athlete population varies from 11% to 55%. Relative bronchospasm in this study may be due to the intensity and duration of exercise as well as environmental factors among wrestlers.