Traditional Medicine and Complementary/Alternative Medicine guidelines

Breathing exercises

Guidelines, reviews

Body weight - Breathing exercises

• Articles in journals
  • Biomedical Research
    • The "Senobi" breathing exercise is recommended as first line treatment for obesity [2010]

Lymphatic diseases - Breathing exercises

• Articles in journals
  • Filaria Journal
    • Lymphoedema: Pathophysiology and management in resource-poor settings - relevance for lymphatic filariasis control programmes [2003]

Multiple indications - Breathing exercises

• United States of America
  • InteliHealth
    • Qi Gong
• Articles in journals
  • Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    • The Nishino Breathing Method and Ki-energy (Life-energy): A Challenge to Traditional Scientific Thinking [2006]
    • Palliative Care Among Chumash People [2005]

Neoplasms - Breathing exercises

• United States of America
  • Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
    • Qigong
• Articles in journals
  • Acta Oncologica
    • Qigong for cancer treatment: A systematic review of controlled clinical trials [2007]

Nervous system diseases - Breathing exercises

• Articles in journals
  • Sao Paulo Medical Journal
    • Physiotherapeutic conduct in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [2006]

Respiratory tract diseases - Breathing exercises

• International
  • Cochrane Library
    • Breathing exercises for asthma
• United Kingdom
  • Bandolier
    • Breathing exercises for asthma [2001]
• United States of America
  • American College of Physicians
    • Strategies To Reduce Postoperative Pulmonary Complications after Noncardiothoracic Surgery: Systematic Review for the American College of Physicians [2006]
• Articles in journals
  • Chest
    • The components of a respiratory rehabilitation program: a systematic overview [1997]
  • Journal of Physiotherapy
    • Short-term effects on outcomes related to the mechanism of intervention and physiological outcomes but insufficient evidence of clinical benefits for breathing control: a systematic review [2007]
  • Lung India
    • Breathing exercises as adjuvant in the management of COPD: an overview [2006]
  • Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society
    • Pulmonary Rehabilitation [2006]
  • Respiratory Care
    • Positive expiratory pressure and oscillatory positive expiratory pressure therapies [2007]
    • Forced expiratory technique, directed cough, and autogenic drainage [2007]
  • Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
    • Respiratory physiotherapy in the pulmonary dysfunction after cardiac surgery [2008]
  • Thorax
    • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease * 8: Non-pharmacological management of COPD [2003]
    • Breathing exercises and asthma [2003]

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