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Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date: 2019-09-25 10:40
A recent science podcast at www.thenakedscientists.com had a feature about the lungs of wind players.
The question answered was "Do wind players have specialized lungs?"
Surprisingly to me they said that there is no difference in total lung capacity or other measures related to the lungs between a wind instrument player and a non player.
That would thus mean that any exercises supposed to increase lung capacity would be in vain.
The only differences they had found was related to the way in which the lungs are used, which included the strength of the diaphragm.
Another surprise for me was that they have found a lot of lung damage among wind instrument players, such as inflammation.
Thus as a conclusion I suppose it could even be said that our lung function as wind instrument players is lower compared to non players.
A full transcript as well as the recording itself of this part of the program can be found here (with a picture of a clarinetist): https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/questions/do-wind-players-have-specialised-lungs
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