Although many asthmatic subjects up to 90% [1] find exerciseinduced
asthma (EIA) a problem, young adults suffer most
from its effects because they are engaged more often in physical
activities and sports. Exercise induced bronchoconstriction
typically develops within 5–15 min after completing exercise.
Patients develop typical asthma symptoms or sometimes troublesome
cough, together with a decrease of 15% in forced expiratory
volume in one second (FEV1), with spontaneous
resolution to pre-exercise level in 30–45 min. International
asthma management guidelines often recommend inhaled
short-acting b2 agonist therapy (as required) for this condition,
since inhaled bronchodilators taken immediately prior to exercise
effectively prevent the exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
[2]. However, this treatment does not influence the
underlying airway hyperresponsiveness. Furthermore, patients
often do not know when they are going to exercise therefore,
forget their medication which is taken as needed, or even sometimes
they daily do physical effort in accordance to their jobs
thus they frequently use their rescue medications. Continuous
treatment with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) also offers good
protection against exercise-induced bronchoconstriction [3]
but unfortunately, compliance to asthma treatment remains
very poor [4] due to economic and reluctance causes. Pulmonary
rehabilitation is a well-recognized treatment option in different
pulmonary diseases improving exercise performance,
respiratory symptoms, quality of life and spirometry measures
[5]. The aim of this study was to determine whether a 12-week
supervised exercise program leads to improvements in asthma
control and Spirometry measures, and to guess its benefit as an
adjuvant therapy to pharmacological treatment.
Although many asthmatic subjects up to 90% [1] find exerciseinduced
asthma (EIA) a problem, young adults suffer most
from its effects because they are engaged more often in physical
activities and sports. Exercise induced bronchoconstriction
typically develops within 5–15 min after completing exercise.
Patients develop typical asthma symptoms or sometimes troublesome
cough, together with a decrease of 15% in forced expiratory
volume in one second (FEV1), with spontaneous
resolution to pre-exercise level in 30–45 min. International
asthma management guidelines often recommend inhaled
short-acting b2 agonist therapy (as required) for this condition,
since inhaled bronchodilators taken immediately prior to exercise
effectively prevent the exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
[2]. However, this treatment does not influence the
underlying airway hyperresponsiveness. Furthermore, patients
often do not know when they are going to exercise therefore,
forget their medication which is taken as needed, or even sometimes
they daily do physical effort in accordance to their jobs
thus they frequently use their rescue medications. Continuous
treatment with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) also offers good
protection against exercise-induced bronchoconstriction [3]
but unfortunately, compliance to asthma treatment remains
very poor [4] due to economic and reluctance causes. Pulmonary
rehabilitation is a well-recognized treatment option in different
pulmonary diseases improving exercise performance,
respiratory symptoms, quality of life and spirometry measures
[5]. The aim of this study was to determine whether a 12-week
supervised exercise program leads to improvements in asthma
control and Spirometry measures, and to guess its benefit as an
adjuvant therapy to pharmacological treatment.
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