The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
Original ArticleEffects of Aerobic Training Versus Breathing Exercises on Asthma Control: A Randomized Trial
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Methods
More details on the patient inclusion criteria, study design, randomization, interventions, outcome assessments, and statistical analysis are available in the Methods section of the Online Repository at www.jaci-inpractice.org.
Results
More details on the patients and baseline characteristics, the HADS, the induced sputum, and the DLPA are available in the Results section of the Online Repository at www.jaci-inpractice.org.
Discussion
Our results demonstrate that aerobic training and breathing exercise resulted in a similar effect in asthma control evaluated by the ACQ score; however, when the improvement in asthma control was evaluated individually, aerobic training induced a longer-lasting benefit than breathing exercises and a greater reduction in rescue medication use. There were no differences between groups for the other outcomes, such as HRQoL, asthma symptom-free days, psychological distress, and DLPA and airway
Conclusion
Outpatients with moderate-to-severe asthma who participated either in aerobic training or breathing exercise programs presented similar results regarding asthma control, HRQoL, asthma symptom-free days, psychological distress, DLPA, and airway inflammation. However, a greater proportion of participants in the aerobic training presented a longer-lasting clinical control and reduced use of rescue medication than the breathing exercises. These results are relevant in clinical practice to support
Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge Prof. Clarice Tanaka from the Department of Physical Therapy, University of São Paulo for her support; and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES) (Finance Code 001).
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This work was supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP, Grants 2009539049 and 2011500716), São Paulo, Brazil and the Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa (CNPq, Grant 30598720100), Brasilia, Brazil.
Conflicts of interest: The authors declare that they have no relevant conflicts of interest.