Breathing Exercises in Asthma

Aka: Breathing Exercises in Asthma

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II. Indications

  1. Uncontrolled Asthma, Severe Asthma or Difficult to Treat Asthma

III. Mechanism

  1. Patient learns to control their breathing pattern and prevent Hyperventilation

IV. Technique

  1. Papworth Method
    1. Nasal breathing
    2. Relaxation Techniques
    3. Holloway (2007) Thorax 62(12):1039-42 +PMID:17573445 [PubMed]
      1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2094294/
  2. Buteyko Method
    1. Reduced Tidal Volume and Respiratory Rate
    2. Yoga
    3. Buteyko Video
      1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKaUEVnducI

V. Efficacy

  1. Improves quality of life, Asthma symptoms, lung function
  2. Reduces Asthma Exacerbations
  3. Santino (2020) Cochrane Database Syst Rev (3): CD001277 [PubMed]

VI. References

  1. Narasimhan (2021) Am Fam Physician 103(5): 286-90 [PubMed]

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