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Swimming training for asthma in children and adolescents aged 18 years and under
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Beggs, S and Foong, YC and Le, HC and Noor, D and Wood-Baker, R and Walters, JA, Swimming training for asthma in children and adolescents aged 18 years and under, Paediatric respiratory reviews, 14, (2) pp. 96-97. ISSN 1526-0542 (2013) [Contribution to Refereed Journal]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.prrv.2013.03.002
Abstract
Asthma is the most common chronic medical condition in
children and it is important to identify safe and beneficial forms of
physical activity for young people with asthma. Swimming in
particular is an exercise that has been traditionally lauded as
‘healthy’ for asthmatics, and was recommended as such despite the
lack of an explicit evidence base. There are differing viewpoints on
the benefits of swimming in asthma, with several observational
studies suggesting that it improves physical fitness,1–3 whereas
others have raised concerns regarding the safety of chlorinated
pools.4,5 A Cochrane systematic review6 has appraised the existing
evidence from randomised controlled trials on the effectiveness
and safety of swimming training in children and adolescents with
asthma, aged 18 years and under.
Item Details
Item Type: | Contribution to Refereed Journal |
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Keywords: | asthma, swimming, paediatric, physical activity, systematic review |
Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Cardiovascular medicine and haematology |
Research Field: | Respiratory diseases |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Beggs, S (Dr Sean Beggs) |
UTAS Author: | Foong, YC (Dr Yi Chao Foong) |
UTAS Author: | Le, HC (Ms Hong Le) |
UTAS Author: | Noor, D (Dr Wan Noor) |
UTAS Author: | Wood-Baker, R (Professor Richard Wood-Baker) |
UTAS Author: | Walters, JA (Dr Julia Walters) |
ID Code: | 85583 |
Year Published: | 2013 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 5 |
Deposited By: | Medicine |
Deposited On: | 2013-07-22 |
Last Modified: | 2014-07-22 |
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