Abdollahzadeh, Naseh, Yaghoob Nezhad, Fakhreddin, Azadpour, Noushin, Massart, Alain. (1403). Comparative Effects of Physical Activity on Respiratory Function in Young Adult Males: A Study of Sleep Quality Relationships. سامانه مدیریت نشریات علمی, 6(12), -. doi: 10.22054/nass.2025.88456.1186
Naseh Abdollahzadeh; Fakhreddin Yaghoob Nezhad; Noushin Azadpour; Alain Massart. "Comparative Effects of Physical Activity on Respiratory Function in Young Adult Males: A Study of Sleep Quality Relationships". سامانه مدیریت نشریات علمی, 6, 12, 1403, -. doi: 10.22054/nass.2025.88456.1186
Abdollahzadeh, Naseh, Yaghoob Nezhad, Fakhreddin, Azadpour, Noushin, Massart, Alain. (1403). 'Comparative Effects of Physical Activity on Respiratory Function in Young Adult Males: A Study of Sleep Quality Relationships', سامانه مدیریت نشریات علمی, 6(12), pp. -. doi: 10.22054/nass.2025.88456.1186
Abdollahzadeh, Naseh, Yaghoob Nezhad, Fakhreddin, Azadpour, Noushin, Massart, Alain. Comparative Effects of Physical Activity on Respiratory Function in Young Adult Males: A Study of Sleep Quality Relationships. سامانه مدیریت نشریات علمی, 1403; 6(12): -. doi: 10.22054/nass.2025.88456.1186
Comparative Effects of Physical Activity on Respiratory Function in Young Adult Males: A Study of Sleep Quality Relationships
1Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Department of Physiology, Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran
2Exercise Physiology (PhD)TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Germany
3Department of Physiotherapy, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
4Professor of Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of Coimbra, Portugal
چکیده
Background: This study aimed to compare respiratory parameters and sleep quality between physically active and inactive young adult males, while exploring correlations between these domains. Methods: Pulmonary function—including forced vital capacity (FVC), vital capacity (VC), maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), percentage predicted FEV1 (%FEV1), and maximum expiratory flows at 25% and 75% of FVC (MEF25%, MEF75%)—was evaluated via spirometry (Fukuda ST-95) per American Thoracic Society guidelines. Sleep quality was quantified using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Results: Active participants displayed superior respiratory metrics (p < 0.05): higher FVC (p = 0.023), VC (p = 0.002), MVV (p = 0.001), FEV1 (p = 0.001), %FEV1 (p = 0.001), MEF25% (p = 0.026), and MEF75% (p = 0.042). PSQI scores were significantly lower (better) in the active group (4.13 ± 1.18) versus inactive (6.53 ± 2.50; p = 0.002). No baseline differences emerged in age, height, weight, heart rate, fat percentage, or BMI (p > 0.05). In the active group, each 1-unit increase in FEV1, MVV, VC, FVC, and MEF75% was associated with corresponding reductions in sleep quality scores of 0.217, 0.127, 0.370, 0.386, and 0.194 units, respectively (all p > 0.05). Conclusion: These findings advocate exercise as a non-pharmacological strategy for addressing sleep and pulmonary health, warranting larger, diverse studies to elucidate interactions.