PMID- 14685886
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050210
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 0937-4477 (Print)
IS  - 0937-4477 (Linking)
VI  - 261
IP  - 9
DP  - 2004 Oct
TI  - Alterations in rhinosinusal homeostasis in a sportive population: our experience 
      with 106 athletes.
PG  - 502-6
AB  - The aim of the present work was to analyse the alterations of rhino-sinusal 
      physiology in 106 professional athletes (swimmers, skiers, boxers and runners) 
      using objective rhinological methods. Every athlete underwent an accurate 
      anamnesis, a complete objective ORL evaluation, an active anterior 
      rhinomanometry, an acoustic rhinometry and an evaluation of mucociliary transport 
      time (MCTt). Skiers were also submitted to a nasal decongestion test (NDT). In 
      swimmers, the mean MCTt was 27.4+/-4.97 min (normal value: 13+/-3 min; P<0.0001). 
      The average MCTt for the skier group was 19.58+/-1.92 min ( P<0.0001); the mean 
      value of total basal nasal resistance was 0.37+/-0.05 Pa/ml per s (normal value 
      =0.25 Pa/ml per s; P<0.001). After NDT, total nasal resistance was 0.18+/-0.02 
      Pa/ml per s. In the group of boxers, the total mean nasal resistance was 
      0.64+/-0.05 Pa/ml per s ( P<0.001); the mean cross-sectional area at the nasal 
      valve level was 0.57+/-0.04 cm(2) (normal value =0.55+/-0.05 cm(2)) and at the 
      inferior turbinate level 0.83+/-0.05 cm(2) (normal value =0.4+/-0.04 cm(2); 
      P<0.001); the TMC average time was 27.35+/-2.21 min ( P<0.0001). Finally, for the 
      runners, the mean MCT time was 20.56+/-2.35 min ( P<0.001). Knowing the 
      alterations of the physiological nasal respiration is of extreme importance to 
      develop a correct and timely therapeutic approach to be able to restore 
      rhino-sinusal homeostasis. Athletes, in fact, need the earliest therapeutic aid 
      in order to avoid the interference of prolonged rhino-sinusal alterations with 
      their performance and also to avoid a more serious clinical situation concerning 
      the inferior airways.
FAU - Passali, Desiderio
AU  - Passali D
AD  - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Sienna Medical School, V. le 
      Bracci, 53100, Sienna, Italy. passali@unisi.it
FAU - Damiani, Valerio
AU  - Damiani V
FAU - Passali, Giulio Cesare
AU  - Passali GC
FAU - Passali, Francesco Maria
AU  - Passali FM
FAU - Bellussi, Luisa
AU  - Bellussi L
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20031217
PL  - Germany
TA  - Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol
JT  - European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European 
      Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the 
      German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
JID - 9002937
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Airway Resistance
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Homeostasis/*physiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Incidence
MH  - Male
MH  - Mucociliary Clearance
MH  - Nasal Cavity/physiology
MH  - Nasal Mucosa/*pathology
MH  - Nasal Obstruction/*diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Probability
MH  - Rhinomanometry
MH  - Rhinometry, Acoustic/methods
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - Sports
EDAT- 2003/12/20 05:00
MHDA- 2005/02/11 09:00
CRDT- 2003/12/20 05:00
PHST- 2003/10/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2003/10/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2003/12/20 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/02/11 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/12/20 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s00405-003-0723-7 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2004 Oct;261(9):502-6. doi: 10.1007/s00405-003-0723-7. 
      Epub 2003 Dec 17.