The effects of place running exercises on the pulmonary function of normal adults.
KyoChul Seo, MiSuk Cho
PMID 28931973WHAT IT FOUND
Healthy college students who did place running for four weeks had greater vital capacity than those doing stationary cycling.
Not all breathing measures changed.
Key findings
01The place running group showed a significant difference in vital capacity (VC) after the intervention, but not in tidal volume (TV), inspiratory reserve volume (IRV), or expiratory reserve volume (ERV).
02The control group showed no significant differences in any measured pulmonary function item.
03Comparing changes between groups, the place running group differed significantly from the control group for ERV and VC, but not for TV or IRV.
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What it does not show
The participants were healthy college students, not patients with lung disease, so the results cannot be applied to cardiopulmonary rehabilitation. Only 30 people took part, with 15 in each group. The paper does not name a primary outcome among the four breathing measures. Outcomes were measured only before and after the four-week programme, so there is no longer-term follow-up.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that place running improves breathing function in patients with lung disease. The study was done in 30 healthy college students, and the changes were limited to vital capacity within the exercise group and to vital capacity and expiratory reserve volume between groups.