Effect of physical activity on pulmonary function and quality of life in asthma patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Zhicheng Zhu, Youjia Mao, Yong Fan, Zijian Zhu, Lisha Xie, Cui Huang · 2026
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Zhicheng Zhu heads a 2026 meta-analysis of exercise for lung function and quality of life in asthma. Activity is promoted as a drug-free extra treatment, but past reviews covered narrow ages, single exercise types, or mixed lung measures.
Six databases were searched for randomized trials lasting at least six weeks, yielding 22 trials with 1,280 patients. Pooled results showed gains in a key breathing measure, peak flow, lung volume, and a child asthma quality-of-life score. Some other lung measures did not move. Program length, weekly count, session length, and exercise type failed to explain the mixed results.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zhicheng Zhu, Youjia Mao, Yong Fan, Zijian Zhu, Lisha Xie, Cui Huang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 77600 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |