Trial reportScientific reports2019
Regular exercise improves asthma control in adults: A randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Physical Exercises in Asthma: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The clinical respiratory journal · 2025Pooled it
- Pulmonary rehabilitation versus usual care for adults with asthma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of exercise-based pulmonary rehabilitation on adults with asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Respiratory research · 2021Pooled it
- Short and medium term efficacy of an online behaviour change intervention on physical activity in adults with asthma.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Effect of combined strength and endurance training in adults with asthma: a randomized controlled trial.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2025Trial
- Field-applicable low-intensity exercise induces bronchodilation in horses with severe asthma.Equine veterinary journal · 2026Article
- Impact of non-pharmacological adjuvant interventions on adult asthma patients: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Barriers to and facilitators of exercise in children with asthma: protocol for a qualitative meta-synthesis.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Mechanistic advances in the regulation of asthma by different exercise modalities: an integrative perspective on exercise load characteristics and asthma heterogeneity.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Impact of Physical Exercise on Adult Asthma Control: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Association of daily steps over time with adult asthma incidence.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2025Article
- Exercise Recommendations and Practical Considerations for Asthma Management-An EAACI Position Paper.Allergy · 2025Article
- Breath of relief: Transforming pediatric asthma care with telemedicine-guided exercises.Clinical and translational allergy · 2025Article
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- Association between adherence to a lifestyle behavior and the risk of asthma in overweight and obese adolescents.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Patient autonomy in self-managing their bronchial asthma exacerbation and its associated factors, 2024.Frontiers in allergy · 2024Article
- Exercise Reduces Airway Smooth Muscle Contraction in Asthmatic Rats via Inhibition of IL-4 Secretion and Store-Operated CaAllergy, asthma & immunology research · 2023Article
- Association of genetic risk and lifestyle with incident adult-onset asthma in the UK Biobank cohort.ERJ open research · 2023Article
- Exercise Rehabilitation and Chronic Respiratory Diseases: Effects, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Benefits.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023Review
- The combined effect of exposures to vapours, gases, dusts, fumes and tobacco smoke on current asthma.The clinical respiratory journal · 2022Article
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
We conducted a randomized controlled trial to test the hypothesis that a 24-week exercise intervention improves asthma control in adults. Adults with mild or moderate asthma were randomly assigned to either the exercise intervention group (IG) or the reference group (RG). Participants in IG received an individualized exercising program, including aerobic exercise at least three times a week for ≥30 minutes, muscle training, and stretching. The primary outcome was asthma control, measured by Asthma Control Test (ACT), asthma-related symptoms, and peak expiratory flow (PEF) variability. We estimated the risk (i.e. probability) of improvement in asthma control and the risk difference (RD) between IG and RG. Of 131 subjects (67 IG/64 RG) entered, 105 subjects (51/54) completed the trial (80%), and 89 (44/45) were analysed (68%). The ACT became better among 26 (62%) participants in IG and among 17 (39%) participants in RG. The effect of intervention on improving asthma control was 23% (RD = 0.23, 95% CI 0.027-0.438; P = 0.0320). The intervention also reduced shortness of breath by 30.1% (RD = 0.301, 95% CI 0.109-0.492; P = 0.003). The change in PEF variability was similar in both groups. Regular exercise improves asthma control measured by the ACT, while has little effect on PEF variability.
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