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Int J Life Sci Pharma Res. Health and Sports Sciences-2021, vol.14, no.1, pp.139-143, 2021 (ESCI)
In this study, our aim was to examine the pulmonary function tests and cardiopulmonary exercise tests parameters after an 8-
week basic football education of hearing-impaired athletes who smoke. The experimental group included 12 volunteers who
were in the age range of 18-22, smoked one package of cigarettes a day and attended basic football education for 45 min 3 days
a week for 8 weeks, and the control group included 12 nonsmokers hearing-impaired volunteers. A significant difference was
found between Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second, vital capacity and maximum voluntary ventilation values in the pre-test
and post test values of the pulmonary function test parameters in the experimental and control groupsA significant difference
was found in maximal oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production and respiratory rate values in the pre test and post test
values of the cardiopulmonary exercise test parameters in experimental and control groups. Only a significant difference was
found in oxygen consumption values in the pre test. Consequently, although an increase occurred in the pulmonary and
cardiopulmonary exercise values of both groups, the significant difference that was found when the pulmonary and
cardiopulmonary exercise values of the smoker participants were compared with the test values of the nonsmoker group
suggests that smoking causes a restraint in the values of pulmonary and cardiopulmonary exercise tests.
KEYWORDS: Pulmonary function test, cardiopulmonary exercise test, Hearing-Impaired.