PEDIATRICS Vol. 71 No. 2 February 1983, pp. 147-152
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Distance Running Improves Fitness in Asthmatic Children Without Pulmonary Complications or Changes in Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm

Bruce G. Nickerson MD1, Daisy B. Bautista BA1, Marla A. Namey BA1, Warren Richards MD1, and Thomas G. Keens MD1

1 From the Neonatal-Respiratory Disease Division, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, The Sunair Home for Asthmatic Children, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles

The effect of a distance running program was studied in 15 children with severe chronic asthma. Following a 6-week control period, the subjects ran four days a week for 6 weeks. The distance was increased gradually to 3.2km. Clinical status and need for treatment did not change. Episodes of exercise-induced bronchospasm were readily reversed. Fitness improved as measured by the distance run in 12 minutes (P <.005). Resting pulmonary function did not change. Exercise-induced bronchospasm following a bicycle ergometer stress test under comparable conditions did not change. Ventilatory muscle strength, measured as the maximal inspiratory pressure, and endurance, measured as the sustainable inspiratory pressure, were at a high level initially and did not change. It is concluded that distance running is safe and can increase the fitness of asthmatic children who are receiving adequate therapy.

Key Words: maximal respiratory pressures • transcutaneous oxygen • respiratory muscles

Submitted on April 14, 1982
Accepted on May 14, 1982




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