Resting Respiratory Resistance in Female Teenage Athletes With and Without Exercise-Induced Laryngeal Obstruction

These results did not replicate the robust differences found previously between R and R during RTB in teenage girls with and without EILO, but the results trended in the same direction and met criterion for statistical significance once an outlier was removed from analysis. Overall, the observation that resting respiratory resistances were lower in most teenage girls with EILO suggests that reduced tone of the laryngeal and/or lower airways may predispose young athletes to EILO.