Exercise strategies for reversing cardiopulmonary deconditioning in obese children with bronchial asthma: A randomized comparative effectiveness study of constant-load and graded aerobic training.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study evaluates the differential effects of constant-load (CL-AE) and graded (G-AE) aerobic exercise training approaches on cardiopulmonary fitness and functional capacity in obese children with bronchial asthma (BA).

Methods

Seventy-eight obese children with moderate BA (age: 14.14 ± 2.31 years; body mass index: 31.93 ± 1.26 kg/m2) were randomly assigned to 3 intervention-based groups: control, CL-AE, or G-AE group (n = 26 in a group). The cardiorespiratory fitness (peak oxygen uptake, minute ventilation [VE], ventilation-oxygen uptake ratio, stroke volume of oxygen, oxygen/carbon-dioxide exchange ratio, heart rate maximum, and heart rate recovery at one minute) and functional capacity (6-minute walk test and perceived dyspnea and fatigue) were assessed at t

SUBMITTER: Elnaggar RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11608701 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature