Exercise-induced asthma (EIA) refers to the transient narrowing of the airways that follows
vigorous exercise. The mechanism whereby EIA occurs is thought to relate to the …

It is the position of the American College of Sports Medicine that exercise can be performed
safely in most cold-weather environments without incurring cold-weather injuries. The key to …

Background: High prevalence of bronchial hyperresponsiveness and asthma has been
found in cross-country skiers. There is limited evidence that asthma and bronchial …

Background: Mild eosinophilic airway inflammation and bronchial hyperresponsiveness-ie,
mild asthma-have been shown to affect a high proportion of endurance athletes. The …

The term exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) describes the acute transient airway
narrowing that occurs during and most often after exercise in 10 to 50% of elite athletes …

Exercise-induced asthma, as recognized in asthmatic subjects, is an exaggerated airway
response to airway dehydration in the presence of inflammatory cells and their mediators …

Study objective For the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, athletes were required to submit
objective evidence of asthma or exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) for approval to …

Dehydration of the airways results in release of mediators. The likely source of these
mediators is the mast cell. Epithelial injury occurs in exercise-induced bronchoconstriction …

There is little information of lower respiratory symptoms, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and
airway inflammation in elite ice hockey players. A total of 88 highly trained ice hockey …

The underlying basis for exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) is becoming
increasingly understood. Initial work starting in the 1970s revealed the major determinants of …