title: Maximal inspiratory mouth pressure in Japanese elite male athletes.
abstract: Maximal inspiratory mouth pressure (MIP) is a common measurement of inspiratory muscle strength, which is often used in a variety of exercises to evaluate the effects of inspiratory muscle training. An understanding of elite athletes' MIP characteristics is needed to guide sport-specific inspiratory muscle training programs. The purpose of this study was to investigate and better understand the MIP characteristics of elite athletes from a variety of sports. A total of 301 Japanese elite male athletes participated in this study. MIP was assessed using a portable autospirometer with a handheld mouth pressure meter. Athletes with higher body mass tended to have stronger MIP values, in absolute terms. In relative terms, however, athletes who regularly experienced exercise-induced inspiratory muscle fatigue tended to have stronger MIP values. Our findings suggest that athletes could benefit from prescribed, sport-specific, inspiratory muscle training or warm-ups.
authors.affiliation: Japan Institute of Sports Science, 3-15-1 Nishigaoka, Kita-ku, Tokyo 115-0056, Japan. Electronic address: toshiyuki.ohya@jpnsport.go.jp.
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohya
authors.affiliation: Japan Institute of Sports Science, 3-15-1 Nishigaoka, Kita-ku, Tokyo 115-0056, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
authors.affiliation: Japan Institute of Sports Science, 3-15-1 Nishigaoka, Kita-ku, Tokyo 115-0056, Japan.
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chino
authors.affiliation: Japan Institute of Sports Science, 3-15-1 Nishigaoka, Kita-ku, Tokyo 115-0056, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D056352:Athletes; D049628:Body Size; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation / Q000502:physiology; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth / Q000502:physiology; D018763:Muscle Fatigue / Q000502:physiology; D053580:Muscle Strength / Q000502:physiology; D011312:Pressure; D012132:Respiratory Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D013147:Spirometry; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Inspiratory muscle training; PImax; Pulmonary function; Respiratory muscle