Breathing pattern during exercise in runners.

Summary Twelve young males, medium and long-distance runners, and five age-matched controls were studied in order to define the interrelationships between some respiratory parametres during exercise, with particular regard to the pattern of ventilation. The athletes were investigated before and immediatly after running so long a distance as they had been trained to. All subjects (athletes and controls) underwent two types of exercise: constant work rate test and one-minute incremental exercise test. Among our results we would like to emphasize that during the incremental exercise occlusion pressure (p 0.1 ) changes appear to have the same trend as minute ventilation.