ReviewJornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia2019
Dysfunctional breathing: what do we know?
Review in Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05350436 (More Singing, Less Swinging - Is Singing Related to Improved Postural Control?), which is not on this map. Cited by 45 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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More Singing, Less Swinging - Is Singing Related to Improved Postural Control?
Who cites it
45 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 101 citations in OpenAlex.
- Measurement properties of outcome measurement instruments for pediatric dysfunctional breathing: a systematic review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- Validity and reliability of outcome measures to assess dysfunctional breathing: a systematic review.BMJ open respiratory research · 2024Pooled it
- Breathing exercises for adults with asthma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Breathing therapy for patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms and dysfunctional breathing: A pilot and feasibility trial.PloS one · 2025Trial
- Respiratory symptoms up to 18 months after COVID-19 - a longitudinal observational study.Respiratory research · 2026Observational
- The Effectiveness of Cervical Spine and Diaphragm Manual Therapy Combined with Breathing Re-Education Exercises on Musculoskeletal, Respiratory and Psychophysiological Outcomes in Patients with Non-Specific Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Dysfunctional breathing in patients with moderate and severe obstructive sleep apnea: a cross sectional study.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2026Article
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Reveals Functional Limitations and Work Disability in Severe Post-COVID-19 and ME/CFS Patients.Sports medicine - open · 2026Article
- Dysfunctional breathing mimicking asthma exacerbation with acute hypoxemia: a case report.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2026Article
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Dysfunctional Breathing: A Case Series of Five Young Women.Respirology case reports · 2025Article
- Breathwork for Chronic Stress and Mental Health: Does Choosing a Specific Technique Matter?Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Breathing Pattern Dysfunction and Physical Activity of Patients Following a Median Sternotomy After Hospital Discharge: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Assessing ventilatory efficiency at rest in asthma: A longitudinal comparison with healthy subjects.Physiological reports · 2025Article
- Characterization of dysfunctional breathing using cardiopulmonary exercise testing.Physiological reports · 2025Article
- Dysfunctional Breathing, in COPD: A Validation Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- The effect of breathing exercises on adults' sleep quality: an intervention that works.Frontiers in sleep · 2025Review
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- Abnormal breathing patterns and hyperventilation are common in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome during exercise.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Abnormal breathing pattern features in chronic refractory cough.ERJ open research · 2024Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Dysfunctional breathing (DB) is a respiratory condition characterized by irregular breathing patterns that occur either in the absence of concurrent diseases or secondary to cardiopulmonary diseases. Although the primary symptom is often dyspnea or "air hunger", DB is also associated with nonrespiratory symptoms such as dizziness and palpitations. DB has been identified across all ages. Its prevalence among adults in primary care in the United Kingdom is approximately 9.5%. In addition, among individuals with asthma, a positive diagnosis of DB is found in a third of women and a fifth of men. Although DB has been investigated for decades, it remains poorly understood because of a paucity of high-quality clinical trials and validated outcome measures specific to this population. Accordingly, DB is often underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed, given the similarity of its associated symptoms (dyspnea, tachycardia, and dizziness) to those of other common cardiopulmonary diseases such as COPD and asthma. The high rates of misdiagnosis of DB suggest that health care professionals do not fully understand this condition and may therefore fail to provide patients with an appropriate treatment. Given the multifarious, psychophysiological nature of DB, a holistic, multidimensional assessment would seem the most appropriate way to enhance understanding and diagnostic accuracy. The present narrative review was developed as a means of summarizing the available evidence about DB, as well as improving understanding of the condition by researchers and practitioners.
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