Effect Of Tobacco On Recovery After Physical Exercise: The Case Of Young Senegalese Smokers Aged Between 18 And 30
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Abstract
Context
In Senegal today, young boys smoke to demonstrate their emancipation and freedom. However, despite the efforts made by the country's authorities to raise awareness, they continue to smoke without worrying about the consequences of smoking on their physical health. It is for this reason that we propose to study the recovery of the heart of young Senegalese smokers after physical exercise.
Methods
The heart rates of 40 young boys, 20 smokers and 20 non-smokers, were recorded before the Ruffier and Dickson test, immediately at the end of the test and every minute after the test until the fifth minute of recovery. The mean values of age, weight and resting heart rate of the two groups were first compared using the T-STUDENT test, and then the variations in the mean heart rate values recorded immediately at the end of the Ruffier-Dickson test and at each minute of recovery up to the fifth minute were studied.
Results
The average heart rate of young smokers taken before the test was significantly higher than that of young non-smokers. Furthermore, a reading of the two variation curves shows that the average heart rate of the young non-smokers, reached at the end of the Ruffier-Dickson test, returns much more quickly to its resting value than that of the young smokers. At the fifth minute of recovery, the mean heart rate of the young non-smokers was almost equal to its resting value, whereas that of the young smokers was still a long way from its resting value
Conclusion.
The study shows that young non-smokers recover more quickly than smokers. The latter also had a higher resting heart rate.