Airway Inflammation in Swimmers

Bispebjerg Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asthma

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00207038

(KF) 01 261528

Details and patient eligibility

About

Studies have shown that the prevalence of respiratory symptoms, airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and asthma is high and increasing in elite athletes. The inflammation seen in the airways of elite athletes might differ from the inflammation seen in the airways of "ordinary" asthmatics and it might represent a different kind of asthma.

The primary purposes are

1. To investigate the type of airway inflammation in young swimmers.
2. To investigate the acute changes in airway inflammation after a short training session.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Swimmer

Exclusion criteria

• Current smoker or more than 3 pack-years