THE EFFECT OF BREATHING EXERCISES ON THE VENTILATION FUNCTION OF THE LUNGS IN ELDERLY PEOPLE
E.O. Asanov, I.A. Dyba, V.B. Shatilo, S.S. Naskalova, I.A. Antonyuk-Shcheglova, O.V. Bondarenko
- SI “Institute of Gerontology named by D.F. Chebotarev NAMS of Ukraine”, Kyiv, Ukraine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/fz71.02.011

Abstract
The characteristic manifestations and consequences of
accelerated aging of the respiratory system include age-
related arterial hypoxemia and tissue hypoxia, largely due to
impaired lung ventilation function. To improve lung function,
respiratory training that creates positive end-expiratory
pressure (PEEP) are used in clinical practice. The impact
of respiratory training with PEEP on ventilation function in
elderly people with accelerated aging of the respiratory system
was assessed. The use of respiratory training led to an increase
in forced vital capacity expiratory, expiratory reserve volume,
minute ventilation, and maximum voluntary ventilation, as
well as improved bronchial patency, particularly in terms of
maximal expiratory flow at 25 and 50% of expiration, and a
reduction in the functional age of the respiratory system. It
should be noted that blood saturation increased, as well as a
decrease in shifts in the hypoxic test after a course of training.
Keywords:
accelerated aging; ventilation; respiratory training with PEEP
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