INFLUENCE OF THE PARAVERTEBRAL MYORELAXATION ON THE FORCED RESPIRATION IN ATHLETES

Objective: to study the effectiveness of the influence of the paravertebral myorelaxation (segments C3–Th8) on the forced respiration in athletes of different sports.
Materials and Methods: the respiratory function in football players (n = 30), weightlifters (n = 30), and wrestlers (n = 30) was assessed with the «Spiro-Test PC» before and after the paravertebral myorelaxation in the aquatic environment.
Results: a significant increase in almost all the parameters of the forced respiration after paravertebral myorelaxation in wrestlers was observed. In weightlifters increment of the forced respiration parameters was observed to a smaller extent. Changes of the parameters of the forced respiration in football players after the paravertebral myorelaxation were not statistically significant.
Conclusions: the increase of the parameters of the forced respiration (p ≤ 0,05) after paravertebral myorelaxation in wrestlers indicates that the optimization of the functional state of the muscles of the back is a factor of influence on the airway conductance and speedstrength characteristic of muscles.