Home Site Map Make Your Home Page Suggestions Enquiry Advertise With Us
Sunday, November 08, 2009  
 
 
Press Releases
Features
Events
Special Articles
News Home
   
  News Updated on Sunday, November 08, 2009 8:55:26 AM
» India » Asia » World » Sports » Business » Sci-Tec » Health » Entertainment » Have your say » Picture Gallery
Top Stories
  India
  Asia
  World
  Sports
  Business
  Sci-Tec
  Health
  Entertainment
 
 Health

Physical fitness could help children recover from asthma
New York | September 17, 2007 2:05:06 PM IST
 

Latest research has found that staying fit could help children recover from asthma, a chronic disease that affects the airways.

Children who suffer from this respiratory illness experience repeated episodes of wheezing and breathing difficulty.

The study that looked into 38 children with moderate-to-severe persistent asthma found that they could, however, benefit by improving their physical fitness.

Asthmatic children, even with moderate to severe disease, showed significant improvements in their ability to sustain work after a systematic exercise programme, the study published in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) said.

Daily doses of inhaled steroids used to treat asthma reduced in trained patients by 52 percent, but remained unchanged or increased in the control group.

When compared to controls, these children also reported a significant improvement in health-related quality of life, reported health portal Medical News Today.

"Children who experience breathing restrictions caused by asthma sometimes fear inducing breathlessness by exercise, which can cause physical de-conditioning over time," said Celso Carvalho, an author on the study.

"This is where we often see patients with asthma having lower fitness levels. Physical training, properly supervised, is not only a possibility for this group, but also a management strategy for their symptoms," he said.

(IANS)

  Viewer's Comment
Comments Not Available
 
 More Stories

Gyaneshwar Patil, unnatural sexual harassment attempt challenged 

Moderate intensity quake at Xizang 

27,000 Plus Colleges, Institutes Needed: Sibal 

Vigilance Awareness Week in VSP 

Women organisations appeal to President to safeguard women 

SPF legislature party meeting resolves to continue talks to resolve 

Mahila Trinamool Cong workers stage demo at circuit house 

30 kg of explosives recovered in Patna 


Print this Page
Printer Friendly Version
E-Mail this page to a Friend
Send This page to A Friend

Search Archives :  



Quick Links - Webindia123.com
Services
Hobbies
Entertainment
Classifieds
Career / Education
UK, USA, Canada
Utilities
E-Booking
India Reference
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IndianStates
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
Pradesh

Copyright 2000-2009 Suni Systems (P) Ltd.
All rights reserved