ArticleJornal de pediatria
Patients with asthma have reduced functional capacity and sedentary behavior.
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- Effects of Physical Exercises in Asthma: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The clinical respiratory journal · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of karaoke training applied with telerehabilitation-based exercise training on health-related outcomes in children with asthma.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Test-Retest Reliability, Learning Effect and Measurement Error of the Modified Shuttle Test (MST) in Children With Asthma: A Multicenter Study.Pediatric pulmonology · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Dynamic Respiratory Muscle Strength, Physical Fitness, and Physical Activity in Children with Asthma and Healthy Peers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Lockdown Fatigue in Pediatric Respiratory Patients: Lessons from the First COVID-19 Year.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Real-time effects of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on pediatric respiratory patients.Pediatric pulmonology · 2021Article
- The risk of osteoporosis in patients with asthma.European clinical respiratory journal · 2020Review
- Sedentary behavior and self-harm in adolescents with asthma, rhinitis and eczema.Jornal de pediatriaArticle
- The PAY test: a new approach for assessing functional performance in children and adolescents with asthma.Jornal de pediatriaArticle
- The Role of Physiotherapy in Optimising Asthma Management.Open respiratory archivesArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe modified shuttle test is a field test that avoids the ceiling effect, and there are no reports of a multidimensional assessment concerning physical activity in asthmatic patients. Thus, the aim was to evaluate functional capacity by MST, additionally to perform a multidimensional assessment as physical activity in daily life, muscle strength, and cytokine levels in children and adolescents with asthma, and to correlate these variables.
methodThis cross-sectional study included volunteers aged between 6 and 18 years who were divided into two groups: asthma group (n=43) that received regular treatment and control group (n=24). Functional capacity was evaluated by distance walked during the MST; physical activity in daily life was evaluated using an accelerometer by the number of steps. Quadriceps femoris strength was evaluated by load cell.
resultsDistance walked was lower for the asthma group (790m [222m]) when compared with the control group (950m [240m]; p=0.007); however, the number of steps was similar between the two groups (asthma group: 7743 [3075]; control group: 7181 [3040]; p=0.41), and both groups were classified as sedentary behavior. There was no difference in muscle strength. Tumor necrosis factor-α differed, but interleukin levels were similar between groups. Quadriceps strength was correlated to distance walked (r=0.62; p<0.001) and tumor necrosis factor-α to the number of steps taken (r=-0.54, p=0.005).
conclusionChildren and adolescents undergoing regular asthma treatment showed reduced functional capacity and sedentary behavior. The lower the quadriceps strength, the shorter the distance walked; the higher the tumor necrosis factor-α levels, the lower their daily physical activity levels.
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