ReviewJournal of asthma and allergy2022
A Meta Analysis of Physical Exercise on Improving Lung Function and Quality of Life Among Asthma Patients.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of Physical Exercises in Asthma: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The clinical respiratory journal · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of physical activity in asthma management: An overview of systematic reviews.PloS one · 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
- Low-intensity aerobic cycle ergometer effects on lung function of myasthenia gravis patients: A randomized controlled trial.Narra J · 2024Trial
- Exploring patients' perspectives and experiences of asthma self-management: A qualitative study.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2026Article
- The precision bronchodilator therapy in airflow limitation with asthma defining reversibility: An appraisal through pharmaco-responsiveness-based real-world observation.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society · 2026Article
- Investigating the relationship between asthma symptoms and severity with television watching, computer use, and internet access among 13-14-year-old children in Yazd, Iran.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Non-pharmacological interventions for asthma prevention and management across the life course: Umbrella review.Clinical and translational allergy · 2024Review
- A Closer Look at Parental Anxiety in Asthma Outpacing Children's Concerns: Fear of Physical Activity over the Fear of Drug Side Effects.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Sociodemographic factors, health behavior, parental or workplace smoking, and adult asthma risk in the United States.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Pulmonary responses following cardiac rehabilitation and the relationship with functional outcomes in children and young adults with heart disease.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
- Physical training in adults with asthma: An integrative approach on strategies, mechanisms, and benefits.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Review
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Abstract
Objective: This paper aims to perform a systematic assessment of the influence of physical exercise on asthma patients and discuss the intervention effects of different exercises on the lung function FEV1 (%pred) and quality of life among asthma patients so as to lay a scientific foundation for improving asthma symptoms. Methods: Both Chinese and English databases were retrieved, including PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, The Cochrane Library, CBM, CNKI, Wan Fang Data, and VIP, whose retrieval period started from the founding date of each database to 1st, November 2021. Randomized controlled trials (RCT) studying the symptom indicators of asthma patients were collected. Those collected papers were screened according to the Inclusion Criteria and Exclusion Criteria. Then, methodological quality assessments were conducted on the included papers, and combined effect sizes were analyzed by using software ReMan 5.3.5. Results: The meta analysis showed that physical exercise could significantly improve lung function FEV1 (%pred) and quality of life score. Trails containing breathing exercise are the main source of heterogeneity, and the subgroup of breathing exercise may have better performance than the subgroup of aerobic exercise in improving FEV1 (%pred). Conclusion: Physical exercise can significantly improve the symptoms and quality of life of asthma patients. Except the breathing exercise that showed heterogeneity, the subgroup of aerobic exercise could improve the capacity of FEV1 (%pred) more effectively, which led to a significant difference in the influence of quality of life. However, with regard to the gymnastic exercise including breathing exercise, there are limited same intervention methods and insufficient same outcome indicators. Therefore, more precise and high-quality researches are needed to make deeper verification in the future.
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