title: [Physical fitness in children with asthma].
abstract: The exercise limitation in a child with asthma is the result of several factors: the lack of ventilatory reserve, muscle deconditioning, and cardiac limitation. The severity of the airway obstruction is a major determinant of physical fitness. Aerobic and anaerobic fitness are equally affected. Both types of fitness can be improved by specific training programs.
authors.affiliation: Service de pédiatrie 1, unité de cardiopneumologie pédiatrique, CHU de Montpellier, hôpital Arnaud-de-Villeneuve, 371, avenue du Doyen-Gaston-Giraud, 34295 Montpellier cedex 05, France. f-counil@chu-montpellier.fr
authors.forename: F-P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Counil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Voisin
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D015444:Exercise; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012143:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena