Asthma in Youths and High-Intensity Exercise
Session Title
Other Abstracts
Faculty Mentor
Janet Wojcik, Ph.D.
College
College of Education
Department
Physical Education, Sport & Human Performance
Abstract
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease, and it can cause wheezing, coughing, and chest tightness. Asthma is common in youths, and around 6 million children have it. It can be outgrown but up to 18 million adults do have asthma. A literature review included an article about the effect of high-intensity training (HIIT) and asthma on the VO2 kinetics of adolescents had a study to see if the potent stimulus to the dynamic oxygen uptake response in adults from HIIT is the same in youths since HIIT has less demand on the respiratory system. The study used 69 adolescents and 35 participants, participated in a 30-min HIIT intervention 3 times a week for 6 months and 17 participants have asthma. Participants completed 3 heavy-intensity constant work rate tests and an incremental ramp treadmill protocol to test for volitional exhaustion. It helped determine the dynamic VO2, heart rate, and deoxyhemoglobin response at baseline, mid intervention, postintervention, and at a 3-month follow-up. There was no influence of asthma at baseline or in response to the intervention. Faster VO2 time was constant for the intervention group that performed HIIT training. The aerobic program for adolescents with asthma would be a frequency of 3-5 days per week with an intensity beginning with moderate, and if it is well tolerated, then progress to 60%-80% of HRR. The time would increase to 30-40 minutes per day and the type would be walking, running, cycling, swimming, or pool exercises. The findings have helped with highlighting the potential utility of school based HIIT as a strategy to enhance the fitness and VO2 kinetics of youth, regardless of the presence of asthma.
Course Assignment
EXSC 511 – Wojcik
Start Date
15-4-2023 12:00 PM
Asthma in Youths and High-Intensity Exercise
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease, and it can cause wheezing, coughing, and chest tightness. Asthma is common in youths, and around 6 million children have it. It can be outgrown but up to 18 million adults do have asthma. A literature review included an article about the effect of high-intensity training (HIIT) and asthma on the VO2 kinetics of adolescents had a study to see if the potent stimulus to the dynamic oxygen uptake response in adults from HIIT is the same in youths since HIIT has less demand on the respiratory system. The study used 69 adolescents and 35 participants, participated in a 30-min HIIT intervention 3 times a week for 6 months and 17 participants have asthma. Participants completed 3 heavy-intensity constant work rate tests and an incremental ramp treadmill protocol to test for volitional exhaustion. It helped determine the dynamic VO2, heart rate, and deoxyhemoglobin response at baseline, mid intervention, postintervention, and at a 3-month follow-up. There was no influence of asthma at baseline or in response to the intervention. Faster VO2 time was constant for the intervention group that performed HIIT training. The aerobic program for adolescents with asthma would be a frequency of 3-5 days per week with an intensity beginning with moderate, and if it is well tolerated, then progress to 60%-80% of HRR. The time would increase to 30-40 minutes per day and the type would be walking, running, cycling, swimming, or pool exercises. The findings have helped with highlighting the potential utility of school based HIIT as a strategy to enhance the fitness and VO2 kinetics of youth, regardless of the presence of asthma.
