Translated title: Effectiveness of Breathing Retairing in Asthmatics
Authors: Abass, Homa ; Strnad, Pavel (advisor) ; Véle, František (referee)
Document type: Master’s theses
Year: 2008
Language: eng
Abstract: Name: Effectiveness of Breathing Retraining in Asthmatics Objectives: To assess the evidence for the efficacy of breathing retraining in the treatment of patients with asthma and to form and present a well-founded system of breathing and compensatory exercises with the utilization of expert literature and own knowledge. Methods: to fulfill the mentioned goal, I proceeded following tasks: 1. studying literature from different databases 2. looking in the books for the basic information about asthma 3. searching the web for the prevalence of asthma in different countries and in the world 4. analyzing the expertise offoreign countries 5. arranging a variety ofcorrect exercises Results: Dueto the small number of studies meeting the criteria for inclusion into this review, the small number ofpatients in the studies and the use of diverse interventions in the included studies, no reliable conclusions can be drawn as to the beneficial effects ofbreathing retraining in asthma. However with the introduction oftwo further studies trends for improvement in an increased number of outcomes were found. There is therefore a need for large scale trials involving breathing retraining in order to observe its effectiveness in the treatment and management of asthma. Conclusions: Comparisons and conclusions were...

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