ReviewEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society2020
Defining a role for exercise training in the management of asthma.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comprehensive exercise recommendations for pediatric asthma: an evidence synthesis.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2026Pooled 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
- Effect of physical activity on pulmonary function and quality of life in asthma patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Exercise Recommendations and Practical Considerations for Asthma Management-An EAACI Position Paper.Allergy · 2025Article
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Reduces Airway Inflammation in Asthma Patients with High FeJournal of asthma and allergy · 2025Article
- Physical training in adults with asthma: An integrative approach on strategies, mechanisms, and benefits.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Review
- Effects of physical activity on lung function and quality of life in asthmatic children: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
- Research Trends on Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Bibliometric Analysis From 2011 to 2020.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Review
- Frequency of persistent obesity 5 years after first time diagnosis of status asthmaticus.The clinical respiratory journal · 2021Observational
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- The Role of Nutritional Factors in Asthma: Challenges and Opportunities for Epidemiological Research.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Patient perceived barriers to exercise and their clinical associations in difficult asthma.Asthma research and practice · 2020Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The prevalence of asthma remains high worldwide, with increasing awareness of the morbidity and mortality from asthma in low-income countries. In the UK, despite the development of biological treatments, many patients remain suboptimally controlled, and mortality rates have been static for decades. Therefore, new approaches are needed to treat asthma that are scalable at minimal cost. Exercise immunology is an expanding field, and there is growing evidence that exercise can modulate inflammatory and immune processes in asthma. Whilst exercise is encouraged in current treatment guidelines, there are no specific recommendations as to the intensity, frequency or duration of exercise exposure. Despite national and international guidance to increase exercise, patients with asthma are less likely to engage in physical activity. This review explores the disease modifying benefit of exercise in asthma. We also review the domains in which exercise exerts positive clinical effects in asthma, including the effects of exercise on symptom scores, quality of life, psychosocial health, and in the obese asthma phenotype. Finally, we review the barriers to exercise in asthma, given the benefits it confers. A better understanding of the mechanisms through which exercise exerts its positive effects in asthma may provide more accurate prescription of exercise training programmes as part of broader asthma management, with the potential of identification of new drug targets.
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