RESPIRATORY MUSCLE TRAINING METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE LUNG CAPACITY OF PROFESSIONAL VOCALISTS AND WIND INSTRUMENTISTS

"ABSTRACT. Introduction. Various muscle groups are involved in pulmonaryventilation, which play an essential role in maintaining proper breathing, theirdevelopment being aimed at improving the physical, psychological and qualitativeperformance of the performance of professional singers and blowers ininstruments. Objectives: The objectives of the training of the respiratory musclesare aimed at improving dyspnea, toning the respiratory muscles, increasing theefficiency of the respiratory muscles, increasing the volumes of air mobilized,decreasing the fan labor, controlling and coordinating the respiratory rhythm.Methods: The study subjects were 9 young musicians, students at theConservatory in the singing and wind instruments sections, who performedworkouts with a threshold device (POWERBreathe Inspirational Muscle TrainingIMT), five days a week, twice a day, for 6 weeks. Subjects performed spirometrytests VC, FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, VF, FEV6 at each beginning and end of themeeting, the data collected were processed by interpreting the results of lungfunction and flow measurements. Results: The results obtained from thespirometry tests show us statistically significant differences between the initial(IT) and the final (IT) test. Thus, at the first sit, with the device adjusted tomax.15% PI/PE (inspiratory – expiratory pressure), the average of the VC values,FVC, FEV1, VF, FEV6 (5.72 – 5.84l, l/s) increased by 2%, and at the end of thesecond session, with the device set to min.40-60% PI/PE, the average lungfunction values (5.72 – 6.14l, l/s) increased by 9.8%. Conclusions: Thisexperiment can demonstrate that the acute effect of training with a breathingdevice (threshold) results in a significant increase in the use of flow during singingand blowing, leading to a sound with a higher acute sound and more activity."