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Imitators of exercise-induced bronchoconstrictionPnina Weiss
Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, P O Box 208064, New Haven, CT, 06520 8064, USA
Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 5:7. 2009..The goal of this review is to describe other clinical entities that mimic asthma or EIB symptoms and can be confused with EIB...
Montelukast prevents vascular endothelial dysfunction from internal combustion exhaust inhalation during exerciseKenneth W Rundell
Human Physiology Laboratory, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18509, USA
Inhal Toxicol 22:754-9. 2010..05). MK blocked high PM post-exercise FMD blunting and maintained normal response, suggesting that leukotrienes are involved in PM-initiated vascular endothelial dysfunction...
Effects of montelukast on airway narrowing from eucapnic voluntary hyperventilation and cold air exerciseK W Rundell
Human Performance Laboratory, Marywood University, 2300 Adams Avenue, Scranton, PA 18509, USA
Br J Sports Med 39:232-6. 2005..Montelukast attenuates EIB, but its protective effect against airway narrowing from EVH has not been investigated...
Montelukast has no ergogenic effect on cycle ergometry in cold temperatureKenneth W Rundell
Human Performance Laboratory, Keith J O Neill Center for Healthy Families, Marywood University, Scranton, PA 18509, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:1847-51. 2004..To examine the effects of a single 10-mg dose of ML on physical performance in EIB- and EIB+ athletes...
Pulmonary function decay in women ice hockey players: is there a relationship to ice rink air quality?Kenneth W Rundell
College of Health Science and Human Services, Keith J O Neill Center for Healthy Families, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18509 1598, USA
Inhal Toxicol 16:117-23. 2004..Five of 9 controls had symptoms, and 10 of 14 subjects had symptoms. This preliminary study suggests [PM(1)] is related to airway function decay in ice rink athletes...
Baseline lung function, exercise-induced bronchoconstriction, and asthma-like symptoms in elite women ice hockey playersKenneth W Rundell
Keith J O Neill Center for Healthy Families, Marywood University, Scranton, PA 18509 1598, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:405-10. 2004..Impaired postchallenge expiratory flows are common for this population; however, baseline lung function and symptoms have not been fully evaluated...
Field exercise vs laboratory eucapnic voluntary hyperventilation to identify airway hyperresponsiveness in elite cold weather athletesKenneth W Rundell
Marywood University, Scranton, PA 18509 4742, USA
Chest 125:909-15. 2004..The objective was to compare the change in FEV(1) provoked by EVH with that provoked by exercise in cold weather athletes...
Lung function measured by impulse oscillometry and spirometry following eucapnic voluntary hyperventilationKenneth W Rundell
Marywood University, 2300 Adams Avenue, Scranton, PA 18509, USA
Can Respir J 12:257-63. 2005..The efficacy of impulse oscillometry (IOS) to measure airway calibre change is not fully established...
Vehicular air pollution, playgrounds, and youth athletic fieldsKenneth W Rundell
Human Performance Laboratory, Keith J O Neill Center for Healthy Families, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18509, USA
Inhal Toxicol 18:541-7. 2006..Future studies should examine threshold limits and mechanistic actions of real-world particle exposure...
Inhalation of ultrafine and fine particulate matter disrupts systemic vascular functionKenneth W Rundell
College of Health and Human Services, Center for Healthy Families, Marywood University, 2300 Adams Avenue, Scranton, PA, 18509, USA
Inhal Toxicol 19:133-40. 2007..The observed decrease reoxygenation slope-to-baseline after cuff release is consistent with reduced blood flow in the muscle microvasculature...
Decreased lung function after inhalation of ultrafine and fine particulate matter during exercise is related to decreased total nitrate in exhaled breath condensateKenneth W Rundell
College of Health and Human Services, Center for Healthy Families, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18509, USA
Inhal Toxicol 20:1-9. 2008..Decreased NO(3) and eNO may be due to superoxide/NO formation of peroxynitrite, resulting in lipid peroxidation...
Ultrafine and fine particulate matter inhalation decreases exercise performance in healthy subjectsKenneth W Rundell
Human Performance Laboratory, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
J Strength Cond Res 22:2-5. 2008..3 +/- 10.04 kJ) was less than in low PM1 trials 1 and 2, and high PM1 trial 3 (P = 0.004, P = 0.003, P = 0.0008; respectively). Acute inhalation of high (PM1) typical of many urban environments could impair exercise performance...
Exercise and other indirect challenges to demonstrate asthma or exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in athletesKenneth W Rundell
Human Physiology Laboratory, Keith J O Neill Center for Healthy Families, Marywood University, Scranton, PA 18509, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 122:238-46; quiz 247-8. 2008..Advantages and disadvantages of each diagnostic procedure are presented...
Bronchoconstriction provoked by exercise in a high-particulate-matter environment is attenuated by montelukastKenneth W Rundell
Human Performance Laboratory, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18509, USA
Inhal Toxicol 17:99-105. 2005..approximately 35%), suggesting that bronchoconstriction from PM1 exposure is predominately leukotriene mediated. The precise mechanism of airborne PM1-induced leukotriene-mediated airway narrowing remains unclear...
Airway narrowing measured by spirometry and impulse oscillometry following room temperature and cold temperature exerciseTina M Evans
Marywood University, 2300 Adams Ave, Scranton, PA 18509, USA
Chest 128:2412-9. 2005..IOS detected a difference in degree of response between the temperatures, whereas spirometry indicated no difference, suggesting that IOS is a more sensitive measure of change in airway function...
Cold air inhalation does not affect the severity of EIB after exercise or eucapnic voluntary hyperventilationTina M Evans
Marywood University, Scranton, PA 18509, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:544-9. 2005..CONCLUSION: Similar postchallenge percent falls in FEV1 for room- and cold-temperature EVH and exercise suggest that dryness is essential to test conditions, as cold temperature did not have an additive effect to the EIB response...
High levels of airborne ultrafine and fine particulate matter in indoor ice arenasKenneth W Rundell
Human Performance Laboratory, Marywood University, Scranton, PA 18509, USA E mail
Inhal Toxicol 15:237-50. 2003..We conclude that the primary source of airborne indoor rink PM(1) is internal combustion ice-resurfacing machines and that this poor air quality may be causal to the unique and high prevalence of airway dysfunction in ice arena athletes...
Impulse oscillometry is sensitive to bronchoconstriction after eucapnic voluntary hyperventilation or exerciseTina M Evans
Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18509, USA
J Asthma 43:49-55. 2006..Impulse oscillometry detected a difference in degree of response to the challenges, whereas spirometry indicated no difference, suggesting that impulse oscillometry is a more sensitive measure of change in airway function...
Bronchoconstriction during cross-country skiing: is there really a refractory period?Kenneth W Rundell
Marywood University, Scranton, PA 18509 4742, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:18-26. 2003..This study examined airway response and refractoriness during approximately 42-min cross-country ski time trial preceded by a 6- to 9-min 2.5-km high-intensity warm-up ski...
Exercise-induced bronchospasm in the elite athleteKenneth W Rundell
Human Performance Laboratory, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18509 1598, USA
Sports Med 32:583-600. 2002..In many cases, EIB is difficult to control. These and other data suggest that EIB in the elite athlete is in contrast with classic asthma...
Effects of cysteine donor supplementation on exercise-induced bronchoconstrictionJennifer M Baumann
Human Performance Laboratory, Marywood University, Scranton, PA 18509, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:1468-73. 2005..The lack of significant change in eNO suggests that the pulmonary function improvements from UWP supplementation are independent of eNO...
Hemoglobin/myoglobin oxygen desaturation during Alpine skiingL Szmedra
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 33:232-6. 2001....
Peak power during repeated wingate trials: implications for testingRyan M Kohler
Human Physiology and Respiratory Research Laboratory, Marywood University, Scranton, PA, USA
J Strength Cond Res 24:370-4. 2010..When testing for maximal power output via the Wingate anaerobic test, one should allow for a familiarization trial and should ensure full recovery between this trial and the baseline evaluation...
Overuse of asthma medication in athletics?Kenneth W Rundell
Marywood University Scranton, PA, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:925. 2004
Asthma and the elite athlete: summary of the International Olympic Committee's consensus conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, January 22-24, 2008Kenneth D Fitch
School of Sports Science, Exercise and Health, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
J Allergy Clin Immunol 122:254-60, 260.e1-7. 2008..The policy of requiring Olympic athletes to demonstrate the presence of asthma, exercise-induced bronchoconstriction, or AHR to be approved to inhale beta(2)-agonists will continue...
Comparison of low- and high-intensity resistance exercise on lipid peroxidation: role of muscle oxygenationJay R Hoffman
College of New Jersey, Ewing 08628, USA
J Strength Cond Res 21:118-22. 2007..44). Results suggest that increases in MDA occur independently of exercise intensity, but tissue acidosis may have a larger influence on MDA formation...
Prevalence of allergy and asthma symptoms in recreational roadrunnersChristopher C Randolph
Center for Allergy, Asthma, Immunology, Waterbury, CT, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:2053-7. 2006..025). CONCLUSION: These results suggest that the recreational roadrunner is more likely to report symptoms of allergy and/or asthma but less likely to have prescription medication than the Olympic athlete...
Evaluation of cardiovascular demands of game play and practice in women's ice hockeyBarry A Spiering
United States Olympic Training Center, United States Olympic Committee, Lake Placid, New York 12946, USA
J Strength Cond Res 17:329-33. 2003..This mismatch in cardiovascular demand may prevent players from achieving "game shape," thus affecting competition play...
Effect of high-intensity submaximal work, with or without rest, on subsequent VO2maxDaniel A Judelson
Coaching and Sports Sciences Division, United States Olympic Committee, Lake Placid, NY, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:292-6. 2004..VO2max is significantly reduced in approximately 50% of cross-country skiers when a maximal exercise test is preceded by high-intensity submaximal exercise and a 20 min rest period; the role of EIH in causing these reductions is unclear...
Evaluation of physiological responses during recovery following three resistance exercise programsJie Kang
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey 08628, USA
J Strength Cond Res 19:305-9. 2005..In addition, an exercise routine performed at low to moderate intensity coupled with a moderate to high exercise volume is most effective in maximizing caloric expenditure following resistance exercise...
An evaluation of standardizing target ventilation for eucapnic voluntary hyperventilation using FEV1Barry A Spiering
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
J Asthma 41:745-9. 2004....
Omega-3 Fatty acids and airway hyperresponsiveness in asthmaTimothy D Mickleborough
Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University, 1025 East 7th Street, HPER 112, Bloomington, IN 47401, USA
J Altern Complement Med 10:1067-75. 2004..Further studies are needed to confirm these results and understand their mechanism of action...
Effect of muscle oxygenation during resistance exercise on anabolic hormone responseJay R Hoffman
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ 08628, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 35:1929-34. 2003..This investigation examined the affects of two different resistance exercise protocols on muscle oxygenation, and the anabolic hormonal response to such exercise...
Inspiratory stridor in elite athletesKenneth W Rundell
United States Olympic Committee, Lake Placid, NY, USA
Chest 123:468-74. 2003..Misdiagnosis of IS as EIB is common. The lack of a beta(2)-agonist response in combination with postexercise serial spirometry can be useful in excluding solitary IS and confirming EIB diagnosis...
The effect of a competitive collegiate football season on power performance and muscle oxygen recovery kineticsJay R Hoffman
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey 08628, USA
J Strength Cond Res 19:509-13. 2005..Results indicate that the extent of muscle deoxygenation is reduced during high-intensity exercise and that muscle oxygen recovery kinetics improves over the duration of a competitive season of football...
Prevalence of body art (body piercing and tattooing) in university undergraduates and incidence of medical complicationsLester B Mayers
Athletics Department, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY 10570, USA
Mayo Clin Proc 77:29-34. 2002..To survey the prevalence of body art (body piercing and tattooing) in university undergraduate students and to determine the incidence of medical complications from these procedures...
