Progress in Research into the Effectiveness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Children with Asthma - A Narrative Review

Ping Wu,1 Yijing Hu,2 Xiaoxia Yan3 1School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Children’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Xiaoxia Yan, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 13761286006, Email xiaoxia.yan@qq.com Yijing Hu, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Children’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 18917180737, Email huyijing@shchildren.com.cnAbstract: Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease in children. It has a serious impact on children’s physical and mental health. Pulmonary rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary and comprehensive intervention for patients with chronic respiratory disease, whose major components include breathing training, inspiratory muscle training and exercise training. Pulmonary rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary and comprehensive intervention for patients with chronic respiratory diseases, the main components of which are breathing training, inspiratory muscle training and exercise training. Pulmonary rehabilitation can improve the physical and mental condition of patients with chronic respiratory diseases and promote healthy behaviors. However, there is little research on pulmonary rehabilitation in children with asthma. This review comprehensively evaluated the effect of pulmonary rehabilitation in children with asthma at home and abroad, aiming to provide reference for clinical research on pulmonary rehabilitation in children with asthma.Keywords: bronchial asthma, pulmonary rehabilitation, breathing training, inspiratory muscle training, exercise training