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The impact of exercise on asthma.

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Lang, JE
Published in: Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol
April 2019

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in children and adults in developed countries around the world. Despite international treatment guidelines, poor asthma control remains a frequent problem leading to missed school and work, and emergency room visits and hospitalizations. Many patients with asthma report exercise as a trigger for their asthma, which likely leads to exercise avoidance as a means to control symptoms. Evolving research has suggested that routine exercise may actually help improve some aspects of asthma control. This review discusses the recent research addressing how routine exercise affects important asthma-related outcomes including symptoms, lung function and quality of life. RECENT FINDINGS: Several systematic reviews and meta-analyses have been conducted in recent years, which strongly support the safety of routine exercise in children and adults with asthma. Exercise appears to favor improvements in aerobic fitness, asthma symptoms and quality of life, but results so far are less consistent in demonstrating improvements to lung function and airway hyperresponsiveness. SUMMARY: In addition to routine management guidelines, clinicians should recommend for their patients with asthma routine exercise for its general health benefits and likely improvement in asthma symptoms and quality of life.

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Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol

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EISSN

1473-6322

Publication Date

April 2019

Volume

19

Issue

2

Start / End Page

118 / 125

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Quality of Life
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Lung
  • Humans
  • Exercise Therapy
  • Exercise
  • Child
  • Asthma, Exercise-Induced
  • Allergy
  • Adult
 

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Lang, J. E. (2019). The impact of exercise on asthma. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol, 19(2), 118–125. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACI.0000000000000510
Lang, Jason E. “The impact of exercise on asthma.Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 19, no. 2 (April 2019): 118–25. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACI.0000000000000510.
Lang JE. The impact of exercise on asthma. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Apr;19(2):118–25.
Lang, Jason E. “The impact of exercise on asthma.Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol, vol. 19, no. 2, Apr. 2019, pp. 118–25. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/ACI.0000000000000510.
Lang JE. The impact of exercise on asthma. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Apr;19(2):118–125.

Published In

Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol

DOI

EISSN

1473-6322

Publication Date

April 2019

Volume

19

Issue

2

Start / End Page

118 / 125

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Quality of Life
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Lung
  • Humans
  • Exercise Therapy
  • Exercise
  • Child
  • Asthma, Exercise-Induced
  • Allergy
  • Adult