EFFECT OF SWIMMING TRAINING PROGRAMME ON RESPIRATORY PARAMETERS OF NOVICE CHILDREN

Ms. Priya Baghel

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to see the effect of swimming training programme on respiratory parameters of novice children. The subjects selected for the study was 20 female novice children with age ranged between 10-12 years from summer swimming coaching camp held in May-June 2014 in L.N.I.P.E. Gwalior. The respiratory Parameters Forced Vital Capacity, Breath Holding Capacity and Maximum Voluntary Ventilation were measured by using Mir Spirometry Pro. To determine the effect of swimming training programme in selected respiratory parameters of novice children Paired-‘t’ test was used. All analyses were performed by SPSS version 20. The Paired Samples Statistics, Paired Sample-‘t’ test estimated differences between the Pre and post results. The paired t-value found significant in relation to respiratory parameters i.e. Forced Vital Capacity, Breath Holding Capacity and Maximum Voluntary Ventilation were -5.73, - 4.03, and-3.89 respectively. Results revealed that swimming training programmes is effective and the respiratory parameters were found significantly superior in post testing as compared to the pre test.

 Keywords: Forced Vital capacity, Breath Holding, Maximal voluntary ventilation.