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Breathing exercises for children with asthma.

Thalita M F Macêdo¹, Diana A Freitas, Gabriela S S Chaves

¹Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

|April 13, 2016

Summary

Breathing exercises show no reliable benefits for childhood asthma due to limited evidence. More research is needed on these complementary therapies for pediatric asthma management.

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Area of Science:

Pediatric Respiratory Medicine
Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Background:

Asthma is the most prevalent chronic childhood illness.
Breathing exercises are explored as complementary therapies for asthma management.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the efficacy of breathing exercises in managing childhood asthma.

Main Methods:

Systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) up to September 2015.
Included studies compared breathing exercises (alone or as part of interventions) against control groups.
Primary outcomes included quality of life, asthma symptoms, and serious adverse events.

Main Results:

The review included three small studies (112 participants) where breathing exercises were part of complex interventions.
No trials compared breathing exercises alone versus control.
Studies reported on quality of life, symptoms, medication use, exacerbations, and lung function, but lacked between-group comparisons and had unclear risk of bias.

Conclusions:

Reliable conclusions on breathing exercises for childhood asthma cannot be drawn.
Methodological heterogeneity and poor reporting in the included studies limit findings.
Further high-quality research is required to assess the independent effects of breathing exercises in pediatric asthma.