The purpose of this study was toinvestigate the effects of asix-week aerobictraining program(intervalrunning) onsuchpulmonaryfunctionindexesas FEV1(Forced Expiratory Volumein1Second), VC (Vital Capacity), FVC (Forced VitalCapacity) and FEV1/FVCinsmokingand non-smoking malesubjects.Twenty-eight maleemployees from the Bushehr Municipalityand AlzahraHospital, Iran took part in the study and were divided into two groups: smokers and non-smokers. The smokershad beensmoking 7-20cigarettes per dayfor more than 4 years. The subjects completed healthleveland smoking rate questionnaires, and thentheir bodyheight, bodymass and pulmonary factors were measuredinthe pre-test phase. Independentt-tests wereperformed regarding the pulmonaryindexes atthe levelof statistical significance set at p < 0.05. The resultsrevealed significantdifferences between the pre-test and post-test FEV1and FVCinthe smoking group (p< 0.05);a significantdifferencebetween pre-testand post-testFVCinthe nonsmoking group(p < 0.05);and nosignificantdifferences between pre-testand post-test FEV1inthe non-smokinggroup (p> 0.05). The results alsoshowed no significant differences in post-testpulmonaryvariables between the twogroups ofsubjects.
کلید واژگان :aerobic exercise, smoking, FEV1, FVC
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