Breathing Exercises

Controlled Trial of Breathing Exercises.

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The Effect of Breathing Exercises on Breathing Pattern of Pregnant Women

Purpose: Physiological changes during pregnancy impose numerous changes on the respiratory system that can affect the health of both mother and fetus. Regarding the importance of the normal breathing in the health of mother and fetus, this study aimed to investigate the effect of breathing exercise on breathing pattern of pregnant women.  Methods: The study population was pregnant women...

Breathing exercises for dysfunctional breathing/hyperventilation syndrome in adults.

BACKGROUND Dysfunctional breathing/hyperventilation syndrome (DB/HVS) is a respiratory disorder, psychologically or physiologically based, involving breathing too deeply and/or too rapidly (hyperventilation) or erratic breathing interspersed with breath-holding or sighing (DB). DB/HVS can result in significant patient morbidity and an array of symptoms including breathlessness, chest tightness,...

Breathing exercises for asthma: panacea or placebo?

B reathing is easy—we all do it all of the time from the moment we are born. So why should it be necessary to teach people how to breathe? How is it possible to get something wrong when it appears so simple? And, if it is wrong, can it be corrected? In this issue of Thorax Holloway and West report a randomised trial of adding the Papworth technique—a combination of breathing and relaxation exer...

Role of breathing exercises in hyperventilating subjects.