Exercise simultaneously increases nasal patency and bronchial obstruction in asthmatic children

Minna Lukkarinen; Lotta E Haavisto; Heikki Lukkarinen; Jukka I Sipilä; Nikolaos G Papadopoulos; Tuomas Jartti

doi:10.1111/resp.12849

Exercise simultaneously increases nasal patency and bronchial obstruction in asthmatic children

Respirology. 2016 Nov;21(8):1493-1495. doi: 10.1111/resp.12849. Epub 2016 Jul 6.

Authors

Minna Lukkarinen¹, Lotta E Haavisto², Heikki Lukkarinen^{3

4}, Jukka I Sipilä², Nikolaos G Papadopoulos^{5

6}, Tuomas Jartti³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland. mimapo@utu.fi.
² Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
⁴ Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
⁵ Department of Allergy, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
⁶ Centre for Paediatrics & Child Health, Institute of Human Development, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

PMID: 27384309
DOI: 10.1111/resp.12849

Abstract

We found that simultaneous post-exercise increase in nasal patency and bronchial obstruction occurs only in children with atopic asthma, but not in sensitized children without asthma. In healthy children, the increase in nasal patency is accompanied by bronchial dilatation.

Keywords: asthma; child; exercise; nose; sensitization.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Asthma* / diagnosis
Asthma* / physiopathology
Bronchoconstriction / physiology*
Child
Exercise / physiology*
Exercise Test / methods
Female
Finland
Humans
Male
Nasal Obstruction / physiopathology*
Respiratory Function Tests / methods
Respiratory Hypersensitivity* / diagnosis
Respiratory Hypersensitivity* / physiopathology
Respiratory System / physiopathology
Statistics as Topic