Galanis N, Farmakiotis D, Kouraki K, Fachadidou A
Division of Hygiene, Department of Physical Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2006 Mar;46(1):128-31.
Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) is a reliable and easily measured lung function index, which is nowadays used for early detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It has also been established recently as an important predictor of all-cause, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular morbidity and mortality in the Western World. Similar implications have been made with regard to peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR). The present study was designed in order to compare the FEV1 and PEFR values of non-professional, smoking and non-smoking male athletes to those predicted for the general, non-athlete population.
A total of 141 non-professional tennis players aged 30-74 years were studied (99 smokers and 42 non-smokers). FEV1 and PEFR of all men were measured by means of a one flow spirometer, and compared to those predicted for their age and height, based on formulas for the non-athlete, healthy, non-smoking population.
Non-professional tennis players had significantly higher FEV1 and PEFR values, compared to FEV1 and PEFR predicted, respectively. No statistically significant difference was observed between smokers and non-smokers.
Our study confirms that even moderate physical activity, such as non-professional tennis, can improve FEV1 and PEFR values, maintaining a normal respiratory function, which is a strong predictor of reduced cardiovascular and overall morbidity and mortality. FEV1 and PEFR are easy to measure parameters that should be used more often for the assessment of general health status.
一秒用力呼气量（FEV1）是一项可靠且易于测量的肺功能指标，目前用于慢性阻塞性肺疾病的早期检测。最近它还被确立为西方世界全因、心血管和脑血管发病率及死亡率的重要预测指标。关于呼气峰值流速（PEFR）也有类似的结论。本研究旨在比较非职业、吸烟和不吸烟男性运动员的FEV1和PEFR值与非运动员普通人群的预测值。
共研究了141名年龄在30 - 74岁的非职业网球运动员（99名吸烟者和42名不吸烟者）。所有男性的FEV1和PEFR通过单流量肺活量计测量，并根据非运动员、健康、不吸烟人群的公式与他们年龄和身高的预测值进行比较。
与预测的FEV1和PEFR相比，非职业网球运动员的FEV1和PEFR值显著更高。吸烟者和不吸烟者之间未观察到统计学上的显著差异。
我们的研究证实，即使是适度的体育活动，如非职业网球运动，也可以提高FEV1和PEFR值，维持正常的呼吸功能，这是降低心血管疾病和总体发病率及死亡率的有力预测指标。FEV1和PEFR是易于测量的参数，应更频繁地用于评估总体健康状况。
