Healthy volunteers: Sports scientific research on breath hold divers
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Breath hold divers, at least 4x/month apnea training, < 80 scuba dives/year
Sponsors
Uniklinik Freiburg, Abteilung Pneumologie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: breathhold diver beginner, diving medicine examination without pathological findings
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: respiratory deseases, cardial or neuromuscular or HNO comorbidities, more than 80 dives in scuba diving
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| statistical significant alteration in central respiratory drive at rebreathing of 6% and 9& CO2 in comparison to baseline; spirometric measurements via CO2-rebreathing method; assessment every 4 months over a period of 3 years | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| lung function parameters in bodyplethysmography, increase in lung volume after lung packing in spirometry; assessment every 4 months over a period of 3 years | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactTobias Scholz
Universitätsklinikum Freiburg Abteilung Pneumologie
Outcome results
None listed