Funny Facts wrote:
coachcommentsnicely wrote:Fun fact: Statistically ice skaters and skiers have more exercise enduced asthma than any other elite sport profession.
You forgot to provide a link to prove your claim.
Unfortunately, this poster is also completely wrong…which seems to happen all the time at this board.
I do not find this surprising at all.
Swimmers actually have a much greater prevalence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction than winter sport athletes (39% vs. 24% in this study).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=20363843For further reading on exercise-induced bronchoconstriction, scroll down this article for 103 links to medical journal articles on this topic.
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/exercise-induced-bronchoconstriction?source=see_linkThere are some studies on the use of masks.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=16685008https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=7677239