Breathing Exercises

Exercise-based rehabilitation interventions were associated with improvements in quality of life and functional exercise capacity for patients with long COVID, according to the results of a meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open.

Adults with asthma who participated in exercise programs including breathing, aerobic, relaxation and yoga training experienced improvements in lung function, according to a review published in Annals of Medicine.

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The addition of breathing exercises to usual care enhanced asthma-related quality of life in patients with incompletely controlled asthma, regardless of severity, without evidence of causing harm, according to study results.

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Yogic pranayama and diaphragmatic breathing as an adjunct therapy significantly decreased IOP in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma, according to a prospective randomized trial.

In patients with uncontrolled moderate to severe asthma, breathing exercises in addition to usual care improved quality of life, despite asthma severity, researchers reported at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Patients with moderate to severe asthma had improved asthma control after aerobic training or breathing exercises, but those who underwent aerobic training were 2.6 times more likely to experience clinical improvement at 3 months.