"Older adults may be able to exercise more easily if they give the muscles that control breathing their own workout, preliminary research suggests.In a small study of healthy, moderately active older adults, Spanish researchers found that those who used an inspiratory muscle trainer to work on their breathing muscles were able to boost their capacity for exercise....
The study included 18 moderately active men and women who were an average of 68 years old. The researchers had half the study participants use a breathing-muscle trainer every day for eight weeks, under supervision. The rest used an identical-looking "sham" device for comparison.
After eight weeks, the researchers found that participants who used the real device had made gains in breathing-muscle strength and were performing better on treadmill tests."
The proper study should have tested device-users with those who only did treadmill exercises to see if the device made a difference.
So why not do the obvious?
"However, the researchers note, the findings should spur further studies into whether the training improves older people's ability to exercise, and, by extension, their overall health."
More money for research.
More money from selling the device.
More money from overseeing its use.
Think it's the money?
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