游泳運動對氣喘患者的影響

The Effects of Swimming Intervention for Children with Asthma

王正信(Jeng-Shing Wang) ； 洪文平(Wen-Ping Hung) ； 王立敏(Lee-Min Wang)

《胸腔醫學》 19卷4期 (2004/08) Pp. 243-249

https://doi.org/10.29806/TM.200408.0002

摘要

氣喘是一種常見的呼吸道氣流阻塞疾病，其盛行率在許多國家包括台灣地區都有明顯攀升的趨勢。游泳運動不但可以強身，也能刺激皮膚及活化交感神經；由於其運動環境溫暖期溼，對氣管的刺激較少，且身體水平橫躺時，輸送至肺部的血流量增加又可提高肺機能。國外的研究大都顯示游泳運動訓練對氣喘患者有正面的助益，其效果有：（一）改善受試者的體姿；（二）提升體適能；（三）減少體脂肪；（四）增進游泳技能。我們的研究探討游泳運動介入對氣喘兒童肺功能檢查及氣喘嚴重度的影響，結果發現游泳運動能改善氣喘患者之肺功能及氣喘發作的症狀，建議氣喘患者可多從事游泳運動。

關鍵字

游泳 ； 氣喘 ； 肺功能檢查

並列摘要

Asthma is a common obstructive airway disease and the prevalence rate has increased in many countries, including Taiwan. The effects of swimming are not only good for body but also stimulate skin and nervous. Because the environment is warm and humid during exercise, the stimulation is less for airway. Most studies showed that swimming exercise is helpful for asthma. The author’s study was to investigate the effects of a 6-week swimming intervention for children with asthma on pulmonary function testing and the severity of asthma. Results showed that a swimming program could improve pulmonary function parameters and reduce the severity of the asthma attack for asthmatic children.

並列關鍵字

Swimming ； asthma ； pulmonary function testing