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Sydney I. BartigThe Effects of Exercise on Asthma

What are the effects of exercise on asthma?

Does exercise improve asthma symptoms over time?

➢ Asthma is a lung condition in which airways become narrowed.

Symptoms: Difficulty Breathing, Wheezing, Coughing, Chest Tightness

What is Asthma ?

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★ A Life-long Disease

★ Quality of Life Effects

★ Often Additional Medications Are Needed

★ The Number of People Diagnosed is Rising

Asthma Facts

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“Asthma attacks cause significant disruptions to a person's life, and severe asthma attacks can be fatal.” -Janet Torpy (2004)

Effective Exercise

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Non-effective Exercise

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★ The Environment

★ The Amount of Exercise

★ The Individual

Additional Factors


Project:

★ Patients worked with a professional 3 times weekly for 12 weeks

★ Patients continued program by self for 12 additional weeks afterwards

★ Aerobic Exercise; (Outdoor jogging, Treadmill, Recumbent or Upright Cycling)

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Results:

★ Measurements; 1-5 Scale (1 Being Total Control)

➢ ACQ (Asthma Control Questionnaire) ➢ Mini-AQLQ (Asthma Quality of Life

Questionnaire)

★ Discovered that the exercise did help with the patients asthma symptoms.


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★ Looked at 11 Different Asthma Studies

★ ‘Bigger Picture’

★ Studies From 1980 - 2011

★ Results Were Inconclusive


Individual Project

Plan; ★ Walking (~30 minutes) ★ Exercise Twice a Day ★ Measuring Breathing Four Times Daily★ Two Days of No Exercise At All ★ Ten Days Total


Individual Project

8 A.M(On exercise days will walk at this

time)

10 A.M(No exercise at this

time)

1 P.M(On exercise days will walk at this

time)

10 P.M(No exercise at this

time)

Day 1 – Tuesday

Will Walk

Day 2 – Wednesday

Will Not Walk

Day 3 – Thursday

Will Walk

Day 4 – Friday

Will Walk

Day 5 – Saturday

Will Walk

Day 6 – Sunday

Will Walk

Day 7 – Monday

Will Not Walk

Day 8 – Tuesday

Will Walk

Day 9 – Wednesday

Will Walk

Day 10 – Thursday

Will Walk

Times;

Days;

★ 60-800 Range

★ Intervals of 10

★ Average: ~350

★ My Average: ~250

Measuring With a Peak Flow Meter


8 A.M 1 P.M 5 P.M 10 P.M

Day 1 260 240 260 260 250 250

Day 2 250 220 230 230

Day 3 230 220 240 240 240 240

Day 4 240 240 250 250 240 240

Day 5 240 230 240 250 250 250

Day 6 250 230 260 250 250 250

Day 7 250 260 250 260

Day 8 240 240 250 250 250 260

Day 9 250 250 260 260 260 260

Day 10 260 250 260 250 250 260

❖ Purple for PFM before exercise ❖ Red for PFM after exercise

❖ Dark Blue for PFM after not exercising

★ More About Asthma

★ The Work of Professionals

★ More About My Individual Asthma

★ More AboutAPA Format

What I Learned

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