Teleroentgenologic Investigations of Champion Turkish Wrestlers
Articles > Article ยท 1960
Authors: Necati Akgun, Emin Faik Ustun
Research Quarterly. American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, International, 1960, vol 31, pp 547-552
DOI: 10.1080/10671188.1960.10613107
Summary
Cardiac transverse diameter, heart rate, and arterial blood pressure were studied in 17 champion Turkish wrestlers. The wrestlers' cardiac transverse diameters were compared with eight normal untrained Turkish people, the Ungerleider-Gubner nomogram, and other reported values. Bradycardia and low arterial blood pressure were found in wrestlers. The mean transverse diameter of wrestlers was significantly larger than that of controls, but the same as the values found in normal people by others. The mean transverse diameter of controls was slightly smaller than the predicted values. It was concluded that wrestlers' cardiac transverse diameters are at the upper limits of normal values.