Yoga, breathing control practices, aerobic training show benefits<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
By Lori Solomon HealthDay Reporter<\/b><\/p>\n
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MONDAY, Aug. 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Yoga and breathing control practices, in combination with aerobic training, may benefit people with asthma seeking to improve their lung function, according to a review published online Aug. 10 in the Annals of Medicine<\/em>.<\/p>\n Shuangtao Xing, from Henan Normal University in China, and colleagues conducted a systematic literature review to identify studies comparing the effects of different types of exercise on pulmonary function in adult patients with asthma. <\/p>\n Based on 28 included studies (2,155 patients with asthma), the researchers found in a network meta-analysis that breathing training (BT), aerobic training (AT), relaxation training (RT), yoga training (YG), and breathing combined with aerobic training (BT + AT) improved forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) levels compared with the control group. Further, AT, BT, YG, and BT + AT improved the level of forced vital capacity (FVC), while BT, AT, RT, YG, and BT + AT improved peak expiratory flow (PEF). FEV1\/FVC was improved by BT, AT, and YG. RT had the most significant effect on improving FEV1 (standard mean difference, 1.13), while BT + AT had the most significant effect on improving the FVC (standard mean difference, 0.71) and YG had the most significant effect on improving the PEF (standard mean difference, 0.79).<\/p>\n “Tailoring interventions to individual physical and mental health conditions, with careful consideration of exercise intensity, frequency and duration, is important for optimizing treatment outcomes,” Xing said in a statement.<\/p>\n