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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