Monthly Archives: January 2009

In the United States, the estimated 46 million people (this is 41.9% of the population) are smokers. This includes 25.1 million men (23.4% of the population) and 20.9 million women (18.5% of the population). These people are at higher risks of heart attack and stroke. The statistics is taken from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) of 2004 made by the National Center for Health Statistics and NHLBI. Lungs cancer and breast cancer become more and more typical, which is considered to be a result of environmental pollution, such as car gases, factory gases and smoking.

In is no wonder. When you inhale the cigarette smoke, it goes through your mouth and throat into your lungs. The smoke contains over 4 thousand chemicals including highly toxic substances, and substances provoking cancer such as formaldehyde, benzyl, arsenic and others. When the smoke reaches lungs, it precipitates there as resins. Cigarette smoke directly interferes with the lungs functioning increasing the risk of cancer, pneumonia, emphysema, chronic bronchitis and other pulmonary diseases that obstruct breathing.

Luckily lots of changes are reversible. The Frolov’s Training Device can help you to give up this habit and rehabilitate your health!

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The aim of the investigation at hand was to determine changes in some functional parameters of cardiopulmonary system, occurring as a result of a combined effect of an additional resistance to breathing, hypoxia and hypercapnia in the course of breathing through the Frolov’s respiration training device.

Practically healthy women aged 38-39 were subjected to the examination. Studies of the external respiration function were performed with the “Masterlab” aparatus of the “ERICH JAGER” Company, that of gas exchange with the gas analyser of the named company. Parameters that were to be determined: respiration pattern – inhalation and exhalation time, respiratory act (cycle) duration. Tests under physical load were performed to determine gas exchange parameters, heartbeat frequency, general and biochemical blood analysis. Hemodynamics condition was assessed through tachooscillogram, recorded at the “HELLIGE” Company’s apparatus. Combined effect of resistance to breathing, hypoxia and hypercapnia was simulated with the Frolov’s inhalator. An additional resistance to breathing was created with the water obstruction of 35 mm at the inhalation phase and 17 mm at the exhalation phase. The gas analysis and oxygen blood saturation determination was performed before the training session, in the course of it and within an hour after it. Training sessions 20 min in duration were performed daily through three months.

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