Comparison of respiratory functions of 10 to 12 years old football player and sedantary boys Afyonkarahisar example

The purpose of this study is to define the differences of the respiratory volume and capacities of 10 to12 years old students who play football at school or club teams at least 2 years and who do not play sports.152 volunteer boys who go to school in the centre of Afyonkarahisar city attended to this study. Two groups were formed. Football player boys group and sedentary group. Football player boys group composed of boys who played football regularly at school or club teams at least 2 years and sedentary group boys who did not play any sports. The mean age, height and weight of football player boys ( n:76 ) and sedentary boys ( n:76 ) were 11.53 ± 0.5 years, 148.16 ± 7.58 cm, 39.24 ± 6.78 kg and 11.46 ± 0.5 years, 146.58 ± 6.80 cm, 37.82 ± 4.71 kg respectively. Koko legend labeled spirometer used for measurements. Forced Vital Capacity ( FVC ), Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second ( FEV1) and percentage of the vital capacity which is expired in the first second of maximal expiration ( FEV1/FVC ) parameters measured.SPSS 11,5 programme used for statistical analysises. Arithmetical means and standart deviatons determined. To compare results indepentent t-test and correlation analysis were used. p<0,05 (t-test) and 0,01 (correlation) accepted statistically significant.Mean dynamic respiratory volume FVC was 2.65 ± 0.2 lt for sedentary boys group and 2.75 ± 0.3 lt for football player boys group. Mean FEV1 value was 2.3 ± 0.2 lt and 2.4 ± 0.2 lt respectively. Differences were statistically significant ( p<0,05 ). Mean FEV1/FVC result was 0.8 ± 0.1 for sedentary boys group and 0.1 ± 0.1 for football player boys group. The difference was not statistically significant ( p>0.05 ). The respiratory capacities were better for football player boys group than sedentary boys group.In conclusion, football player boys have more better respiratory volume and capacities than sedentary boys. Based on this data it can be expressed that to play football has positive affect to respiratory volume and capacities.KEY WORDS:1- Respiratory Function2-Soccer3- 10-12 Age