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

https://hrcak.srce.hr/8356

Publication date:

28.12.2006.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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