ORIGINAL RESEARCH

The Relationship between Hormonal Status and Ergo-Spirometry Data in Winter Sports Athletes

Nikitina LYu1, Soodaeva SK2, Shashkova TV1, Petrovskaya YuA1, Ulyanov AA1, Gasymova SSh1, Giryatovich EG3, Ugorelova EA4, Timchenko AYu1, Petrovskiy FI1, Chuchalin AG2
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1 Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

2 Pulmonary Research Institute, Moscow, Russia

3 Ugra Sport Boarding College of the Olympic Reserve, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

4 Regional Clinical Hospital, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Svetlana Soodaeva
11-ya Parkovaya ul., d. 32, Moscow, Russia, 105077; ur.liam@aveadoos

Received: 2012-05-21 Accepted: 2012-12-19 Published online: 2017-01-05
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The aim of the study was to estimate the interconnection between cardiopulmonary exercise testing data and hormonal status of athletes. Adolescent and young adult winter sports athletes (n = 86), including biathlonists, skiers, ice-hockey players, snowboarders with middle age of 20,8 years old were examined. The cardiopulmonary exercise testing (MasterScreen Pneumo, Jaeger, Germany) was performed in a traditional 8-minute treadmill-test. Thyroid stimulating hormone, free thyroxin, cortisol, testosterone were examined in venous blood samples. The cardiopulmonary testing data, which characterize fitness, were significantly higher in males. In athletes, who did not reach the anaerobic threshold (AT), testosterone level was twice higher, than in those with estimated AT. The results of multiple stepwise regression analysis showed, that testosterone was the only one index, which influenced on the ergo-spirometry data distribution and associated with exercise performance in athletes.

Keywords: athletes, testosterone, oxygen uptake, anaerobic threshold, minute ventilation, oxygen pulse

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