Why the study?
Does moderate exercise training alter the severity and duration of a rhinovirus-caused upper respiratory illness in young adults?
Population
50 individuals of moderate fitness who were rhinovirus 16 antibody-free and inoculated with RV 16 on 2…
Comparison
40 min of supervised exercise every other day at… vs Nonexercise control group.
Design
RCT, Randomly assigned
Follow-up
10 days
Authors
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Supports continued moderate exercise during rhinovirus URI; extends RCT evidence of no effect on symptom severity in young adults.
Does moderate exercise training alter the severity and duration of a rhinovirus-caused upper respiratory illness in young adults?
Moderate exercise training during a rhinovirus-caused upper respiratory illness does not alter the severity or duration of the illness.
Weidner et al. (1998) studied this question.
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