Swimming exercise transiently decrease lung diffusing capacity in elite swimmers

Garcia, I; Drobnic, F; Pons, V; Viscor, G

Garcia, I (corresponding author), Univ Barcelona, Fac Biol, Dept Cellular Biol Physiol & Immunol, Sect Physiol, Av Diagonal 643, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.

JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE AND PHYSICAL FITNESS, 2021; 61 (5): 666

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Swimmers have larger lungs and a higher diffusion capacity than other athletes, but it remains unknown whether swimming exercise changes l......

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