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- Title
Physiological Effects of a Physical Training Program in Children With Exercise-Induced Asthma.
- Authors
King, M. Jonathan; Noakes, Timothy David; Weinberg, Eugene Godfrey
- Abstract
Twelve boys with atopic asthma, ages 9-14 years, were divided equally into exercise and control groups. Identical measurements were made before and after a 3-month trial period during which the exercise group was trained. The trained group, but not the control group, showed significant improvements in parameters of physical fitness including maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max) and peak running velocity during the maximal treadmill test (p<0.05). Treadmill velocity at the lactate turnpoint was greater and heart rate during submaximal exercise was lower in the trained subjects after the trial period. Subjective and objective findings (less use of medication, fewer asthmatic attacks, increased physical activity) suggested that clinical asthma improved with training. However exercise-induced asthma (EIA), measured by the airway's response to a standardized treadmill run, did not alter with training.
- Subjects
ASTHMA treatment; EXERCISE therapy for children; CLINICAL trials; BRONCHIAL diseases; EXERCISE-induced asthma; EXERCISE physiology; PHYSICAL training &; conditioning; PHYSICAL fitness for children; BLOOD lactate; AEROBIC capacity; CARDIOVASCULAR fitness; CHRONIC disease treatment
- Publication
Pediatric Exercise Science, 1989, Vol 1, Issue 2, p137
- ISSN
0899-8493
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/pes.1.2.137