Upper respiratory illness is the most common reason for non‐injury‐related presentation to a
sports medicine clinic, accounting for 35–65% of illness presentations. Recurrent or …

Aims: To analyze the changes in the prevalence of asthma, bronchial hyperresponsiveness
(BHR) and allergies in elite athletes over the past years, to review the specific pathogenetic …

Background: Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) describes acute airway narrowing
that occurs as a result of exercise. EIB occurs in a substantial proportion of patients with …

The terms 'exercise-induced asthma'(EIA) and 'exercise-induced bronchoconstriction'(EIB)
are often used interchangeably to describe symptoms of asthma such as cough, wheeze, or …

Lipocalins as biochemical markers of disease have been used extensively. The clinical
indications relate to almost any field of medicine, such as inflammatory disease, cancer, lipid …

Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) is a consequence of evaporative water loss in
conditioning the inspired air. The water loss causes cooling and dehydration of the airway …

Exercise may increase ventilation up to 200 L/min for short periods of time in speed and
power athletes, and for longer periods in endurance athletes, such as long-distance runners …

Aims: To study whether exposure to nitrogen trichloride in indoor chlorinated pools may
affect the respiratory epithelium of children and increase the risk of some lung diseases such …

Background Previous research has demonstrated that fish oil supplementation has a
protective effect on exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in elite athletes, which may …

In elite athletes, exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) may respond to dietary
modification, thereby reducing the need for pharmacologic treatment. Ten elite athletes with …