Asthma and athletes: therapy to compete

Asthma presents special challenges to both the athletes who have it and to their health care providers. This article briefly reviews the problem of asthma--especially exercise-induced asthma--in the competitive athlete, and then describes treatments that are effective in controlling asthma. Drug-dop...

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Published inClinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 139 - 150
Main Authors Weiler, John M, Malloy, Christine
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Springer Nature B.V 01.10.2005
Subjects
Anti-Asthmatic Agents - therapeutic use
Asthma
Asthma - drug therapy
Asthma, Exercise-Induced - drug therapy
Athletes
Doping in Sports
Humans
Sports
Sports Medicine
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Summary:Asthma presents special challenges to both the athletes who have it and to their health care providers. This article briefly reviews the problem of asthma--especially exercise-induced asthma--in the competitive athlete, and then describes treatments that are effective in controlling asthma. Drug-doping regulations are explained, as is the worldwide impact of drug doping on competitive athletes who have asthma. This review concludes with recommendations for competitive athletes and their health care providers regarding how to deal with asthma in this patient population.
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ISSN:1080-0549
1559-0267
1080-0549
1365-2567
DOI:10.1385/CRIAI:29:2:139