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Vol. 41. Issue 150.
Pages 45-50 (April 2006)
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Vol. 41. Issue 150.
Pages 45-50 (April 2006)
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Influence of aqua aerobic exercise in an air-conditioned environment on quality of life in a group of asthmatic children
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Elkin Eduardo Roldán Aguilara, Juan David Fernández Villadab, María Helena Lopera Zapatac, David Julián Monsalve Murillod, Diego Alberto Ochoa Alzatee, Luis Bernardo Aristizábal Londoñoe
a Médico especialista en Medicina Deportiva. Docente de la Facultad de Educación Física, Recreación y Deporte del Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid. Medellín. Colombia.
b Profesional en Deporte. Docente de la Facultad de Educación Física Recreación y Deporte del Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid. Medellín. Colombia.
c Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Sociales y Humanas. Institución Universitaria Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid. Departamento de Antioquia. Medellín. Colombia.
d Estudiante de Profesional en Deporte del Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid. Medellín. Colombia.
e Docente de la Facultad de Educación Física, Recreación y Deporte del Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid. Medellín. Colombia.
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Background: To evaluate changes in the quality of life (QoL),of asthmatic children after aqua aerobic exercise in an air-conditioned environment. Subjects and methods: We divided 22 asthmatic children into two groups: an experimental group and a control group, with 11 children in each group. Each child was administered the specially designed quality of life questionnaire for asthmatic children (PAQLQ). The experimental group was also given aqua aerobic training in an air-conditioned environment, lasting 18 weeks, after which the PAQLQ was repeated in both groups. Results: The initial results of the PAQLQ questionnaire showed that in 8 of the 23 questions the experimental group had lower average QoL values ( P=.05). When comparing the sum of the differences in the results at the second application minus the initial results in both groups, we found a significant improvement in the QoL of the experimental group compared with that in the control group (experimental group: 582; control group: ­32). Conclusion: Aqua-aerobic exercise in an air-conditioned environment improves the QoL of asthmatic children and can be considered a prophylactic factor in the prevention of exercise-induced crises.
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