title: Maximum respiratory pressures in trumpet players.
abstract: We studied whether experienced trumpet players can develop higher pressures with their inspiratory and expiratory muscles than untrained subjects. Twelve male trumpet players (mean age, 22.4 +/- 3.3 years) participated in the study. All of them had played the trumpet for at least 4 years and were nonsmokers. Twelve healthy male subjects (mean age, 23.3 +/- 3.1 years) participated as a control group. There were no differences in spirometric parameters between both groups. Maximum respiratory pressures were higher in the trumpet player group (trumpet players: Pmax 151.3 +/- 19.8 cm H2O; Pemax, 234.6 +/- 53.9 cm H2O; control group: Pemax, 106.7 +/- 10.4 cm H2O; Pemax, 189.6 +/- 14.6 cm H2O). We concluded that in young trumpet players, maximum respiratory pressures are higher than in young people who do not play wind instruments. This is most probably a consequence of respiratory muscle training with a wind instrument.
authors.affiliation: Servei de Pneumologia Hospital Universitary Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fiz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aguilar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carreras
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Teixido
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haro
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Rodenstein
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morera
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D009790:Occupations; D011312:Pressure; D012132:Respiratory Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D013147:Spirometry