Purpose:
To verify the intra-ocular pressure (IOP) of high level swimmers after the swimming in heated swimming pool.
Methods:
An observational study, almost experimental, was developed with 22 volunteers (10 women and 12 men), chosen in accordance with the following criteria of inclusion: i) age: over 18 years old; ii) physical asset: practitioners of the modality swimming with minimum training time of 1 (one) year; iii) apt to carry through the swim tests: negative reference to the presence of muscular injuries; iv) absence of ocular disorders of the outereye segment in the ectoscopia. The swimming pool temperature was kept by 33°C. All the IOP measures were taken using Perkins® tonometer, by the same ophthalmologist, in 4 moments: i) immediately before the swim; ii) immediately after the a 400-meter swim; iii) 3 minutes after the swim, indicating the recovering time at rest condition; iv) 12 minutes after the swim, indicating the recovering time at rest condition. Statistical analysis was done using ANOVA test and post test tukey.
Results:
The results are expressed in the table 1.
Conclusions:
A significant IOP reduction occurred immediately after the 400-meter swim in both eyes of men (p<0,001*) and women (p<0,05), and staying significant after 3 minutes of recovering condition in men.
Keywords: intraocular pressure • aqueous