Efficacy of Breathing Retraining Program on Lung Function in Asthmatic Children between 10-16 Years

Ruchi Saxena, Manish Shrivastava

Abstract: Children with asthma is one of the most common illness worldwide, asthma is a chronic inflammation of airway with characteristics of airway obstruction and difficulty in breathing. Pediatric asthma is characterized by episodes of wheezing, cough and shortness of breath, bronchial hyper responsiveness and reversible airflow restriction. Functional breathing disorders FBD have been the most commonly associated problem in asthmatic patients with other symptoms like short of breath, chest tightness and pain along with other symptoms like light headedness, anxiety and daytime fatigue.

Keywords: Asthma, Breathing Exercise, Diaphragmatic breathing exercise, Segmental Breathing Exercise, Lateral costal expansion, Posterior basal expansion, Apical expansion, Chest expansion exercise