Review article
PHYSICAL LOAD AND EXERCISE-INDUCED BRONCHOSPASM
Gordan Vidović
Abstract
Exercise is a non-pharmacological, non-immunological, non-specific stimulus which causes bronchoconstriction in most asthmatic patients. Only a few studies have investigated bronchial reaction to exercise in normal and rhinitis subjects or the effect of non-specific bronchial reactivity and allergy on the intensity of bronchial reaction. Although the opinion that constant exercise stimulates bronchospasm more effectively than the incremental protocol has been widely accepted, few studies have directly compared the two exercise tests, and the results are controversial. .
Keywords
exercise-induced asthma; exercise-induced bronchospasm; PEFR; spirometry; exercise tolerance test
Hrčak ID:
8356
URI
Publication date:
28.12.2006.
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