Aerobic capacity of handball players with hearing impairment

Study aim: To determine the aerobic capacity of handball players with hearing impairment as compared with the healthy ones. Material and methods: Two groups of subjects took part in this study: healthy national handball players (NHB; n = 15) aged 18 - 33 years and international handball players with...

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Published in:Biomedical human kinetics 2010-01, Vol.2 (2010), p.58-61
Main Authors: Vujkov, Sandra, Đukic, Milorad, Drid, Patrik
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Disabled athletes
Handball
Maximal oxygen consumption
Spiroergometry
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Summary:Study aim: To determine the aerobic capacity of handball players with hearing impairment as compared with the healthy ones. Material and methods: Two groups of subjects took part in this study: healthy national handball players (NHB; n = 15) aged 18 - 33 years and international handball players with hearing impairment (IHB; n = 13), winners of European Deaf-Mute Championships in 2008 (Belgrade, Serbia) and second place in Deaflympic games in 2009 (Taipei, Taiwan), aged 21 - 48 years. Cosmed T-170 treadmill (FSPE1 protocol) and a breath-by-breath gas analyser were used to determine the following indices of aerobic capacity: maximal heart rate (HRmax), ‡O 2 max, oxygen pulse, lung ventilation, tidal volume, maximum speed. Results: Players from the IHB group attained significantly (p
ISSN:2080-2234
2080-2234
DOI:10.2478/v10101-010-0015-9