Priority 7 from the Asthma PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: What are the benefits of breathing exercises as a form of physical therapy for asthma? (JLA PSP Priority 7) | |
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| Overall ranking | 7 |
| JLA question ID | 0001/7 |
| Explanatory note | Reliable up-to-date systematic reviews have revealed important continuing uncertainties about treatment effects |
| Evidence | Holloway E, Ram FSF. Breathing exercises for asthma. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2004, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD001277. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001277.pub2. |
| Health Research Classification System category | Respiratory |
| Extra information provided by this PSP | |
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| Incomplete trials at time of PSP | None identified |
| Relevant Age | Any |
| Submitted by | Patients |
| Outcomes to be measured | Minimal symptoms with minimal need for reliever medication; no exacerbations; no limitation on physical activity and normal lung function |
| PSP information | |
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| PSP unique ID | 0001 |
| PSP name | Asthma |
| Total number of uncertainties collated by this PSP from surveys | 413 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | March 2007 |