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Zurich Open Repository and Archive University of Zurich Main Library Strickhofstrasse 39 CH-8057 Zurich www.zora.uzh.ch Year: 2012 Effect of respiratory muscle training on exercise performance in healthy individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis Illi, Sabine K ; Held, Ulrike ; Frank, Irène ; Spengler, Christina M Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Two distinct types of specific respiratory muscle training (RMT), i.e. respira- tory muscle strength (resistive/threshold) and endurance (hyperpnoea) training, have been established to improve the endurance performance of healthy individuals. We performed a systematic review and meta- analysis in order to determine the factors that affect the change in endurance performance after RMT in healthy subjects. DATA SOURCES: A computerized search was performed without language restriction in MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL and references of original studies and reviews were searched for further relevant studies. REVIEW METHODS: RMT studies with healthy individuals assessing changes in endurance exercise performance by maximal tests (constant load, time trial, intermittent incremental, conventional [non-intermittent] incremental) were screened and abstrac...