مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Cardiac effects of wresting in male children aged 12-14: A study of echocardiography

Abstract :

Aim. Exercise causes cardiac dilatation and hypertrophy of especially left ventricular muscle. Although this effect is almost the same in aerobic and anaerobic sport branches, it seems more evident in some anaerobic sport branches such as wrestling. There is not enough study in the literature investigating the effect of wrestling on cardiac structural effects of children in the early period. Therefore, we aimed to compare the echocardiographical parameters of wrestler (no more than two years) and non wrestler children in the 12-14 age group in our study. Methods. Current wrestler male children (no more than two years) and non-wrestler (sedentary) male children belonging to the age group of 12-14 were included in the study. Wrestler children were randomly selected among the wrestlers of Sivas Provincial Directorate of Youth Sports Wrestling Training Centre (n=10). Control group was selected among the sedentary students in secondary school having the same age. The data about the sedanterity of students was gathered from the related advisor teacher. Echocardiography of all children was performed in the Department of Cardiology, Cumhuriyet University School of Medicine. Results. Interventricular septum was measured as (8±0.1) mm, left ventricular diastolic diameter was measured as (46±5.6) mm, root of aorta was measured as (26.5±2.1) mm and left atrium diameter was measured as (34±5.3) mm. Then interventricular septum was determined as (7±0.1) mm (p=0.062), left ventricular diastolic diameter was determined as (39±0.4) mm (p=0.001), root of aorta was determined as (17±0.2) mm (p=0.001) and left atrium diameter was determined as (25±0.2) mm (p=0.001) in sedentary children. Conclusion. This sport may cause echocardiographically identifiable changes in children between ages of 12-14 with an ongoing wrestling.