@article{Korkmaz Eryılmaz_Kaynak_2020, title={Effect of training on the development of exercise-induced arterial hypoxemia in volleyball players}, volume={24}, url={https://sportedu.org.ua/index.php/PES/article/view/1283}, DOI={10.15561/20755279.2020.0602}, abstractNote={<p><em>Background and Study Aim.</em> The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of volleyball training on the development of exercise-induced arterial hypoxemia during incremental exercise in male competitive volleyball players.</p> <p><em>Material and Methods. </em> Eight male amateur volleyball players (age 21±1.3 years) participated in a 6-week volleyball training program three times a week in the pre-season preparatory period. Before and after the training period, all players performed an incremental treadmill test to determine maximal oxygen uptake (VO<sub>2max</sub>), and oxyhemoglobin saturation (SaO<sub>2</sub>) was continuously measured using a pulse oximeter during the test. Maximal values of minute ventilation (VE<sub>max</sub>), respiratory exchange ratio (RER<sub>max</sub>), ventilatory equivalent for oxygen (VE/VO<sub>2</sub>) and carbon dioxide (VE/VCO<sub>2</sub>) were determined. Exercise-induced arterial hypoxemia (EIAH) was defined as a SaO<sub>2</sub> decreased by at least 4% (ΔSaO<sub>2</sub>≤ −4%) from resting level.</p> <p><em>Results.</em> All the players exhibited exercise-induced arterial hypoxemia before (ΔSaO<sub>2</sub>= –8.8±3.3%) and after (ΔSaO<sub>2</sub>= –8.31.5%) the training period. SaO<sub>2</sub> was significantly decreased from 97.6±1% at rest to 88.7±2.7% at exhaustion before the training period, and from 97.2±1.1% at rest to 88.8±2.1% at exhaustion after training period (p < 0.001). There was no significant difference in resting and lowest SaO<sub>2</sub> values by comparison between the before and after training (p > 0.05). There were no significant changes in VO<sub>2max</sub>, VE<sub>max</sub>, RER<sub>max</sub>, VE/VO<sub>2</sub> and VE/VCO<sub>2</sub> after training period (p > 0.05).</p> <p><em>Conclusions.</em> The results of this study showed that volleyball players with a history of anaerobic training may exhibit EIAH, but that 6-week volleyball training has no effect on the degree of exercise-induced arterial hypoxemia.</p>}, number={6}, journal={Physical Education of Students}, author={Korkmaz Eryılmaz, Selcen and Kaynak, Kerimhan}, year={2020}, month={Dec.}, pages={312–318} }