{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Kyte FG"],"funding":["The Research Council of Norway, thorough the Medical Student Research Program (MRSP)"],"pagination":["231"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12299564"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(7)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Breathing reserve (BR) is the remaining proportion of achievable minute ventilation that remains unutilized at total exhaustion during exercise. Previous studies have found a smaller BR in endurance-trained athletes compared to untrained controls. However, most of these studies have examined men. Given that women have a greater ventilatory limitation than stature-matched men, the present cross-sectional study aimed to investigate how this sex difference influences BR and lung function tests in endurance-trained females compared to matched, untrained females. To obtain further insight, we also aimed to investigate whether VO<sub>2</sub>max serves as a predictor of BR. We examined 15 female elite runners and 15 healthy, matched female controls aged 24-33 years with regard to pulmonary function, MVV, V<sub>E</sub>max, BR, and VO<sub>2</sub>max. The elite runner group had a median BR of 5%, while that of the controls was 21%, representing a significant difference. Lung function tests showed no differences between the two groups. A moderate association was found between VO<sub>2</sub>max and BR. The female elite runners demonstrated a lower BR than the group of matched, untrained controls, which was lower than that found for male elite athletes in previous studies. This may indicate a greater ventilatory demand in female relative to male endurance athletes."],"journal":["Sports (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["Breathing Reserve and Lung Function in Female Elite Runners."],"pmcid":["PMC12299564"],"funding_grant_id":["271555/F20"],"pubmed_authors":["Kyte KH","Hisdal J","Kyte FG","Stensrud T","Skinstad L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Breathing Reserve and Lung Function in Female Elite Runners.","description":"Breathing reserve (BR) is the remaining proportion of achievable minute ventilation that remains unutilized at total exhaustion during exercise. Previous studies have found a smaller BR in endurance-trained athletes compared to untrained controls. However, most of these studies have examined men. Given that women have a greater ventilatory limitation than stature-matched men, the present cross-sectional study aimed to investigate how this sex difference influences BR and lung function tests in endurance-trained females compared to matched, untrained females. To obtain further insight, we also aimed to investigate whether VO<sub>2</sub>max serves as a predictor of BR. We examined 15 female elite runners and 15 healthy, matched female controls aged 24-33 years with regard to pulmonary function, MVV, V<sub>E</sub>max, BR, and VO<sub>2</sub>max. The elite runner group had a median BR of 5%, while that of the controls was 21%, representing a significant difference. Lung function tests showed no differences between the two groups. A moderate association was found between VO<sub>2</sub>max and BR. The female elite runners demonstrated a lower BR than the group of matched, untrained controls, which was lower than that found for male elite athletes in previous studies. This may indicate a greater ventilatory demand in female relative to male endurance athletes.","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Jul","modification":"2025-08-15T03:07:15.258Z","creation":"2025-08-15T03:07:15.258Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12299564","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40711116"],"doi":["10.3390/sports13070231"]}}