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Effects of yoga breathing exercises on pulmonary function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: an exploratory analysis,

OBJECTIVE: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common form of muscular dystrophy in children, and children with DMD die prematurely because of respiratory failure. We sought to determine the efficacy and safety of yoga breathing exercises, as well as the effects of those exercises on respi...

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Autores principales: Rodrigues, Marcos Rojo, Carvalho, Celso Ricardo Fernandes, Santaella, Danilo Forghieri, Lorenzi-Filho, Geraldo, Marie, Suely Kazue Nagahashi
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Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4083644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24831396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132014000200005
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author Rodrigues, Marcos Rojo
Carvalho, Celso Ricardo Fernandes
Santaella, Danilo Forghieri
Lorenzi-Filho, Geraldo
Marie, Suely Kazue Nagahashi
author_facet Rodrigues, Marcos Rojo
Carvalho, Celso Ricardo Fernandes
Santaella, Danilo Forghieri
Lorenzi-Filho, Geraldo
Marie, Suely Kazue Nagahashi
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description OBJECTIVE: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common form of muscular dystrophy in children, and children with DMD die prematurely because of respiratory failure. We sought to determine the efficacy and safety of yoga breathing exercises, as well as the effects of those exercises on respiratory function, in such children. METHODS: This was a prospective open-label study of patients with a confirmed diagnosis of DMD, recruited from among those followed at the neurology outpatient clinic of a university hospital in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Participants were taught how to perform hatha yoga breathing exercises and were instructed to perform the exercises three times a day for 10 months. RESULTS: Of the 76 patients who entered the study, 35 dropped out and 15 were unable to perform the breathing exercises, 26 having therefore completed the study (mean age, 9.5 ± 2.3 years; body mass index, 18.2 ± 3.8 kg/m(2)). The yoga breathing exercises resulted in a significant increase in FVC (% of predicted: 82.3 ± 18.6% at baseline vs. 90.3 ± 22.5% at 10 months later; p = 0.02) and FEV(1) (% of predicted: 83.8 ± 16.6% at baseline vs. 90.1 ± 17.4% at 10 months later; p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: Yoga breathing exercises can improve pulmonary function in patients with DMD.
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spelling pubmed-40836442014-07-16 Effects of yoga breathing exercises on pulmonary function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: an exploratory analysis, Rodrigues, Marcos Rojo Carvalho, Celso Ricardo Fernandes Santaella, Danilo Forghieri Lorenzi-Filho, Geraldo Marie, Suely Kazue Nagahashi J Bras Pneumol Original Articles OBJECTIVE: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common form of muscular dystrophy in children, and children with DMD die prematurely because of respiratory failure. We sought to determine the efficacy and safety of yoga breathing exercises, as well as the effects of those exercises on respiratory function, in such children. METHODS: This was a prospective open-label study of patients with a confirmed diagnosis of DMD, recruited from among those followed at the neurology outpatient clinic of a university hospital in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Participants were taught how to perform hatha yoga breathing exercises and were instructed to perform the exercises three times a day for 10 months. RESULTS: Of the 76 patients who entered the study, 35 dropped out and 15 were unable to perform the breathing exercises, 26 having therefore completed the study (mean age, 9.5 ± 2.3 years; body mass index, 18.2 ± 3.8 kg/m(2)). The yoga breathing exercises resulted in a significant increase in FVC (% of predicted: 82.3 ± 18.6% at baseline vs. 90.3 ± 22.5% at 10 months later; p = 0.02) and FEV(1) (% of predicted: 83.8 ± 16.6% at baseline vs. 90.1 ± 17.4% at 10 months later; p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: Yoga breathing exercises can improve pulmonary function in patients with DMD. Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4083644/ /pubmed/24831396 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132014000200005 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Rodrigues, Marcos Rojo
Carvalho, Celso Ricardo Fernandes
Santaella, Danilo Forghieri
Lorenzi-Filho, Geraldo
Marie, Suely Kazue Nagahashi
Effects of yoga breathing exercises on pulmonary function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: an exploratory analysis,
title Effects of yoga breathing exercises on pulmonary function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: an exploratory analysis,
title_full Effects of yoga breathing exercises on pulmonary function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: an exploratory analysis,
title_fullStr Effects of yoga breathing exercises on pulmonary function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: an exploratory analysis,
title_full_unstemmed Effects of yoga breathing exercises on pulmonary function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: an exploratory analysis,
title_short Effects of yoga breathing exercises on pulmonary function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: an exploratory analysis,
title_sort effects of yoga breathing exercises on pulmonary function in patients with duchenne muscular dystrophy: an exploratory analysis,
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4083644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24831396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132014000200005
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