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ody immunity. Salt is bactericide by nature, not allowing the microbialcultures to develop, behaving like a disinfectant in most cases. Through thedeposition or absorption of salt ions, both for the superior and the inferiorairways, mostly in case of small aerosols, conjugated with the hygroscopicproperty, an effect of dilution of impurity or foreign matter depositionstakes place (including microorganisms). These microorganisms lead tobreathing disorders or dysfunctions, starting from simple hoarseness, and upto bronchitis and asthma [1, 8-10].The observations over time regarding the persons with breathingdisorders showed that the respiratory tract mucus thickens when losinghumidity and salt; the body cannot compensate the lack of necessary fluidand salt (especially Na+ ions) [10].Through its electro-chemical properties, salt, and mostly salineions, once deposed on the respiratory tract, not only eliminate bacteria andmicroorganisms, but also determine the emollition, liquefaction andfluidization of the mucus off the airways, thus extracting the foreign mattersamong the cilia within the micro-cavities of the respiratory tract,determining the progressive and long-term relief of breathing, the naturaland easy expectoration, the elimination of allergen or bacterial mattersthrough the reflex phenomena of coughing, nose secretions, expectorations,etc., characteristic symptoms for the airways’ relief [8-11].1.2. Main ObjectiveThe study concerns the adapting level of athletes’ bodies anddeveloping the effort capacity to natural saline underground factors,insufficiently valorised, or not properly used in sports, and elaboratingeffective halotherapy technologies1.3. HypothesisWe will try to extend the research referring to the effect ofexposing athletes to saline aerosols, of adapting the cardiovascular systemto effort and of improving the sports performances, as well as to theinfluence of halotherapy upon certain indices of the breathing system.Concretely, our hypothesis is that saline aerosols are effective in treatingrespiratory conditions, and we will try to prove that by exposing athletes’bodies to saline aerosols the respiratory and cardiovascular indices willimprove, as well as athletes’ performances.242