A survey of new physical methods in the treatment of asthma.
The introduction of some new physical methods has considerably improved the writer's treatment of asthmatic children. These methods include an endeavour to attain nasal breathing, together with slow, deep "sleep breathing", and a system of eight or ten physiotherapy exercises which are described in detail. Since their adoption the consumption of aerosol bronchodilators has fallen dramatically.
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000517:prevention & control; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D001945:Breathing Exercises; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D009921:Metaproterenol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009666:Nose; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011331:Private Practice; D012890:Sleep
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