The addition of breathing exercises to usual care enhanced asthma-related quality of life in patients with incompletely controlled asthma, regardless of severity, without evidence of causing harm, according to study results.
“Moderate to severe asthma is associated with impaired asthma control and quality of life (QoL) despite access to specialist care and modern pharmacotherapy,” Karen H. Andreasson, PhD, of the department of physiotherapy and occupational therapy and the department of respiratory medicine at Naestved-Slagelse-Ringsted Hospitals, Slagelse, Denmark, and the