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Prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in teenage football players in Tunisia
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Studies on exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in team sports are lacking. The aim of this study was to screen for EIB among amateur teenage football players in Tunisia and to compare EIB prevalence between regions. METHODS: One hundred ninety-six male football play...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841458/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19584576 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0256-4947.55318 |
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author | Aissa, Imen Frikha, Amine Ghedira, Habib |
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description | BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Studies on exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in team sports are lacking. The aim of this study was to screen for EIB among amateur teenage football players in Tunisia and to compare EIB prevalence between regions. METHODS: One hundred ninety-six male football players (mean age [SD], 13.5 [0.5] yrs), practicing in three different cities of Tunisia (Tunis, Sousse and Sfax), underwent an outdoor free run of 7 minutes. Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV(1)) was recorded prior to and at 0, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes after the run. Players were screened for EIB positivity defined as a greater than 10% decline in FEV(1) from the resting value at any timepoint. RESULTS: FEV(1) decreased more than 10% in 30% of the players. EIB positivity was more common in Sfax (15.8%) than in Tunis (7.7%) (P =.03). Air humidity during the study was higher in Tunis. CONCLUSION: EIB is prevalent among amateur teenage football players in Tunisia. The prevalence differs between regions and seems to be dependent on air humidity levels. |
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spelling | pubmed-28414582010-03-24 Prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in teenage football players in Tunisia Aissa, Imen Frikha, Amine Ghedira, Habib Ann Saudi Med Brief Report BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Studies on exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in team sports are lacking. The aim of this study was to screen for EIB among amateur teenage football players in Tunisia and to compare EIB prevalence between regions. METHODS: One hundred ninety-six male football players (mean age [SD], 13.5 [0.5] yrs), practicing in three different cities of Tunisia (Tunis, Sousse and Sfax), underwent an outdoor free run of 7 minutes. Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV(1)) was recorded prior to and at 0, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes after the run. Players were screened for EIB positivity defined as a greater than 10% decline in FEV(1) from the resting value at any timepoint. RESULTS: FEV(1) decreased more than 10% in 30% of the players. EIB positivity was more common in Sfax (15.8%) than in Tunis (7.7%) (P =.03). Air humidity during the study was higher in Tunis. CONCLUSION: EIB is prevalent among amateur teenage football players in Tunisia. The prevalence differs between regions and seems to be dependent on air humidity levels. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2841458/ /pubmed/19584576 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0256-4947.55318 Text en © Annals of Saudi Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Aissa, Imen Frikha, Amine Ghedira, Habib Prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in teenage football players in Tunisia |
title | Prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in teenage football players in Tunisia |
title_full | Prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in teenage football players in Tunisia |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in teenage football players in Tunisia |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in teenage football players in Tunisia |
title_short | Prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in teenage football players in Tunisia |
title_sort | prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in teenage football players in tunisia |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841458/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19584576 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0256-4947.55318 |
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