Effect of Inspiratory Muscle Training with Royal Jelly Supplement on Iron Metabolism in Cigarette Addicts.

Objective: The strength or weakness of the respiratory muscles compared with other skeletal muscles owing to their more specialized structures is considered as an indicator or cause of a disease. This study aimed to investigate the effects of inspiratory muscle training with royal jelly (RJ) supplement on iron metabolism in cigarette addicts.

Materials And Methods: A total of 40 male volunteers participated in the study who were divided into 4 groups before the study as follows: smoker control group (n=10), inspiratory muscle training (IMT) group (n=10), RJ group (n=10), and RJ+IMT (n=10) group.