Oral nitrate reduction is not impaired after training in chlorinated swimming pool water in elite swimmers

Disinfection byproducts in swimming pool water in Sanandj, Iran

The present study aimed to determine the concentrations of several disinfection byproducts (DBPs), including trihalomethanes (THMs), haloacetic acids (HAAs), and haloacetonitriles (HANs), in the public and private swimming pools in Sanandaj, Iran (n=16). Correlations between DBP levels with water quality parameters (free chlorine, pH, total organic carbon, temperature, number of swimme...

Effect chest wall restriction in water on aerobic power, cardio-respiratory functions and swimming performance of elite female swimmers

This study is aimed to evaluate the effect of 4 weeks swimming training with chest wall restriction on aerobic power, cardio-respiratory functions and swimming performance of elite female swimmers. 24 elite female swimmers volunteered to participate in this study and were randomly divide into two groups: Control (swimming training without chest wall restriction) and experimental group (swi...

Salivary Parameters of Competitive Swimmers at Gas-Chlorinated Swimming-Pools.

Effects of medium-pressure UV lamps radiation on water quality in a chlorinated indoor swimming pool.

The aim of our study was to determine the impact of medium-pressure UV lamps radiation on water quality in a chlorinated indoor swimming pool. An indoor swimming pool was equipped with two medium-pressure UV lamps. We collected eight samples of water daily over a four-weeks period and measured total and free chlorine, pH, water temperature, bacteriological parameters, total organic carbon and t...

"Coughing water": bronchial hyperreactivity induced by swimming in a chlorinated pool.

Although pulmonary toxicity resulting from the inhalation of chlorine gas is well known in industrial accidents and warfare (Beach et al. 1969; Hamilton and Hardy, 1974) it may not be appreciated that adverse effects may result from bathing in chlorine-sterilised pools. We describe the sudden onset of reversible airways obstruction in three young swimmers. They were in a party of 24 children wh...