Yoga significantly improves asthma control and quality of life in patients, suggesting benefits over aerobic exercise.
Introduction: The respiratory symptoms of asthma, a chronic airway disease that fluctuates in frequency, severity, and occurrence over time, include wheezing, dyspnea, chest tightness, and coughing. Numerous things, including physical activity, exposure to allergens and/or irritants, changes in the weather, and viral respiratory infections, can cause these variances. Objective: The effects of yoga and aerobic workouts on asthmatic patients' quality of life, pulmonary function, and asthma control were evaluated in this study. Methodology: In addition to their usual treatment, the aerobic and yoga groups participated in 45-minute aerobic and yoga sessions three times a day for three months. The pulmonary function test (PFT), the asthma control test (ACT), the asthma quality of life questionnaire (AQLQ), and patient observation records were among the tools utilized to gauge the outcomes. Results: The yoga group had considerably higher (p < 0.05) ACT, overall AQLQ, and subscale scores than the cardio group. Peak expiratory flow values and PFT parameters, however, did not significantly differ across the groups (p > 0.05). Discussion: This study sought to evaluate the effects of yoga, aerobics, and a control group on asthma control in a comprehensive manner, focusing on the ways in which these activities impact breathing functions, quality of life, and asthma management in asthmatic persons. Conclusion: Yoga improved asthmatics' quality of life and asthma control, but it had no discernible effect on PFT levels.
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