Some physical efficiency tests on Bengalese football goalkeepers.

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The participants of inter-university "Kabaddi" competition showed higher values of height, weight and surface area than average Indian population, indicating better attainment of growth in them. Further, the values of respiratory efficiency tests like, FEVy, MEFR and PEFR were also observed to be more in these players, probably due to training effect. The grip strength values were high in comparison to those of Indian football goalkeepers and hockey players.

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Physical efficiency tests on Indian male "Kabaddi" inter-university players.

De¹,

Dasgupta²,

Panda³

et al. 1982

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“…The Indian sportsmen have been reported to possess higher values for a number of cardio-respiratory parameters than non-sportsmen (De, 1978(De, , 1979De et al, 1982;Malhotra et al, 1972). Sportsmen are also found to indulge in smoking despite the fact that it is known to impair their activity (Hutchinson et al, 1986).…”

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Smoking and lung functions in sportsmen.

Tripathi

1988

Ten smoker sportsmen and 17 non-smoker sportsmen and 41 smoker non-sportsmen were studied. Lung function was assessed by means of Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume in one second (FEVj), the ratio of FEV1 to FVC (FEV,%) and Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR). For the smokers, all the tests were conducted before smoking (BS) and 30 min after smoking (AS) two cigarettes consecutively to observe the acute effect of smoking. In the smoker sportsmen there was no significant difference between BS and AS measures of lung function. Before smoking smoker sportsmen had lower values for FEV1, FEV1% and PEFR than non-smoker sportsmen (p < 0.05). However, smoker sportsmen show higher BS values of FEV1 (p < 0.01), FEV1% (p < 0.01) and PEFR (p < 0.05) compared with those of smoker non-sportsmen who had similar smoking indices. These results indicated that the smoker sportsmen, despite exhibiting some degree of lung function impairment in relation to non-smoker sportsmen, still maintained rather better lung function status than the smoker non-sportsmen.

P. E. di PRAMPERO and J. POORTMANS “Physiological Chemistry of Exercise and Training”

Carruthers¹

1982

This is the proceeding of the 1979 Symposium in Fiuggi Terme of the research group on Biochemistry and Exercise, and was sponsored by the International Council of Sports and Physical Education at UNESCO. As with the Sports Sciences book on "The Biochemistry of Exercise", this book is somewhat inevitably out of date for the researcher in the field of sports medicine. Where it differs markedly is that it contains a wealth of practical information for highpowered coaches or athletes on metabolic manipulations to improve marathon running performance, electrolytes, trace elements and vitamins in exercise, a need for supplementation in certain groups, and a statistical treatment of wind assistance and resistance and the possible advantages of shielding behind a front runner by C. T. M. Davies who has written two of the most valuable sections of the book. Indeed all the contributions to this book are by top ranking international experts and are of similarly excellent quality. The more complex topics are presented clearly and the papers are intelligible to a wide range of people which is vital if such a book is to be useful in a multi-disciplinary field such as sports medicine.I would rate this as an authoritative and useful book for anyone interested in furthering physical performance in sport and promoting scientific techniques in training.The editors are to be congratulated on the high standard and clarity of this volume.