Magdy Abouzeid
Alexandria University, Egypt
Title: Assessment of right ventricular myocardial adaptation to swim training in prepubertal swimmers
Biography
Biography: Magdy Abouzeid
Abstract
A high level of intensive physical training can be associated with structural and functional myocardial adaptation-the so-called athlete's heart. Despite the increasing involvement of child athletes in intensive training regimens, little is known about the influence of swimming training on right ventricular structure and function for child swimmer. Echocardiography is the tool of choice for the assessment of athlete's heart. The aim of this study was to assess right ventricular structure and function by echocardiography pre and after intensive swim training, 16 weeks,6 times per week,120 min per unit in male child swimmers. Methods: 15 elite child swimmer aged 11.46 years(+-.39),height 143.6 cm(+- 4.2), weight 39.4 kg( +-3.73), took part in intensive swim training. All subject underwent two-dimension-mode and Doppler echocardiography before and after swim training to evaluate right and left ventricular performance, ejection fraction, septal and posterior wall thickness. Statistical methods of SPSS, means+-SD, paired t test, percentage of improvement were used. Results: There was significant difference(p<0.01) and percentage improvement for all echocardiography parameter after swim training, the diastolic and systolic diameter and thickness of the right and left ventricular was incresed,interventricular septum and left ventricular mass significantly increased. Conclusions: Swim training is an effective sport activity to enhance"heart athletes' for children. Keywords: Athlete,s heart heart,right ventricular,ecochardiogrphy,Swim training.