So far, there is no clarity on how exercise intensity affects the emission and concentration of aerosol particles in exhaled air. Using a new experimental setup, a research team from Munich has shown that aerosol emissions increase exponentially with intensive physical exertion – so that indoor sports activities result in a higher risk of…
Breathing patterns are an important indicator of an individual’s health. A healthy individual breathes naturally using primary respiratory muscles (e.g., the diaphragm muscle) that produce a rhythmic observable movement of the upper rib cage, lower rib cage, and abdomen. This is known as the diaphragmatic breathing pattern, which is associated with improvements in posture,…
New research shows that by killing essential gut bacteria, antibiotics affect athletes’ motivation and endurance. The UC Riverside-led mouse study suggests that the microbiome is a big factor that differentiates athletes from couch potatoes. Other studies have examined how exercise influences the microbiome, but this study is one of the few to examine the…
A large-scale study of American children and adolescents found that participation in a team sport is associated with fewer mental health problems, but that children involved exclusively in an individual sport – such as tennis or wrestling – may face greater mental health problems. health problems than children who do not exercise at all….
Recommendations on how to use gene testing to prevent sudden cardiac death in athletes and enable safe exercise are published today in the journal European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). “Genetic testing for potentially lethal variants is more accessible than ever before and this paper focuses…
