60 children with bronchial asthma were investigated of the age of 11-15. Children, who were investigated, were divided into 2 groups: the first group consisted of 30 children, who did exercises in the sport hall; the second group consisted of 30 children, who did exercises in the water. Physical therapy for both groups was provided for 30 minutes 6 days a week 1 time per day. Physical therapy included active gymnastic exercises using various physical therapy tools. It was provided two lung ventilation tests with spirometer “Spiromed 250”: the first test was taken before starting to do physical therapy, the second one was taken in the end of physical therapy. We examined the forced expiratory vital capacity (FVC), volume of forced expiration within the first second (FEVı), Gaensler index (FEVı/FVC), peak expiratory flow (PEF), maximum expiratory flow, when 50% of the forced vital capacity has been exhaled (MEF50%). The results of our investigation showed that gymnastic exercises in the water have more positive effect than gymnastic exercises in the sport hall for children with bronchial asthma.

<p>Astma i hronična opstruktivna bolest pluća (HOBP) su najče&scaron;će hronične nezarazne bolesti respiratornog sistema i predstavljaju značajan zdravstveni problem. U dijagnostici i proceni stepena poremećaja disajne funkcije u ovih bolesnika najče&scaron;će se koriste spirometrija i telesna pletizmografija. Impulsna oscilometrija predstavlja novu metodu u dijagnostici poremećaja plućne funkcije. Ova metoda je jednostavna za izvođenje i minimalno zavisi od saradnje pacijenta.Osnovni cilj ove doktorske disertacije bio je da se uporede parametri dobijeni impulsnom oscilometrijom, spirometrijom i telesnom pletizmografijom kod pacijenata sa astmom i hroničnom opstruktivnom bolesti pluća, utvrdi senzitivnost navednih metoda u detekciji opstruktivnog poremećaja ventilacije kao i povezanost parametara impulsne oscilometrije, spirometrije i telesne pletizmografije i stepena težine dispnoičnih tegoba kod odraslih pacijenata sa astmom i HOBP. Korelacijom parametara dobijenih impulsnom oscilometrijom i spirometrijom dobijena je umerena negativna korelacija vrednosti R5 sa FEV1 kod pacijenata sa astmom (r= -0.47, r&lt;0.001) i HOBP (r= -0.50, r&lt;0.001), kao i umerena pozitivna korelacija X5 sa FEV1 (r= 0.54, r&lt;0.001, kod pacijenata sa astmom; r= 0.56, r&lt;0.001 kod pacijenata sa HOBP). Registrovana je dobra korelacija Rt sa vrednostima R5 (r=0.63, r&lt;0.001) i H5 (r= -0.55, r&lt;0.001) kod pacijenata sa astmom, kao dobra korelacija Rt sa R5 (r=0.73, r&lt;0.001) i H5 (r= -0.74, r&lt;0.001) kod pacijenata sa HOBP. Kod pacijenata sa astmom nije registrovana razlika između tri metode u detekciji opstruktivnog poremećaja ventilacije kod pacijenata sa simptomima bolesti, dok se upotrebom sve tri metode povećala se senzitivnost. Sve tri metode bile su u slaboj korelaciji sa stepenom dispnoičnih tegoba kod pacijenta sa astmom. Svi HOBP pacijenti imali su spirometrijski registrovanu opstrukciju disajnih puteva. Senzitivnost impusne oscilometrije raste sa stepenom opstrukcije disajnih puteva, te je sposobnost detekcije opstruktivnog poremećaja ventilacije kod pacijenata sa FEV1%&lt;80 % iznosila 55%, 95% CI 43-67 %, a kod pacijenata sa FEV1%&lt;70 % 61%, 95% CI 47-73%. Registrovana je statistički značajna razlika vrednosti oscilometrijskih parametara u odnosu na spirometrijski stadijum HOBP. Kod pacijenata sa HOBP, sve tri metode bile su u umerenoj korelaciji sa stepenom dispnoičnih tegoba. Zaključujemo da postoji umerena korelacija impulsne oscilometrije sa spirometrijom i telesnom pletizmografijom kod pacijenta sa astmom i HOBP. Impulsna oscilometrija bolje korelira sa telesnom pletizmografijom u poređenju sa spirometrijom. Korelacija tri metode raste sa stepenom opstrukcije disajnih puteva. Komplementarna upotreba tri metode daje sveobuhvatniju sliku respiratorne funkcije kod pacijenata sa astmom i HOBP.</p> / <p>Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are most common chronic noninfectious diseases of the respiratory system, representing a major health issue. Spirometry and body plethysmography are the procedures which are most often performed to diagnose these diseases and evaluate the lung function impairment of the affected patients. Impulse oscillometry is a novel procedure to establish the lung function impairment. It is easy to perform, and minimally depends on a patient&#39;s cooperation. The major objective of this Ph. D. thesis is to compare the parameters obtained by impulse oscillometry, spirometry and body plethysmography in patients with asthma and COPD, establish the sensitivity of these procedures in detecting an obstructive ventilation disorder, and correlate the parameters of impulse oscillometry, spirometry and body plethysmpography to the severity of dyspneic symptoms in adult asthma and COPD patients. Correlating the parameters obtained by impulse oscillometry and spirometry, a moderate negative correlation of R5 values to FEV1 in asthma (r= -0.47, р&lt;0.001) and COPD patients (r= -0.50, р&lt;0.001) has been obtained, as well as a moderate positive correlation of X5 to FEV1 (r= 0.54, р&lt;0.001, in asthmatics; r= 0.56, р&lt;0.001 in COPD patients). A good correlation of Rt to R5 (r=0.63, р&lt;0.001) and Х5 values (r= -0.55, р&lt;0.001) has been registered in asthmatics, as well as a good correlation of Rt to R5 (r=0.73, р&lt;0.001) and Х5 (r= -0.74, р&lt;0.001) in COPD patients. In asthma patients, the three analysed procedures exhibited no difference in detecting an obstructive ventilation disorder in the patients with manifested symptoms, while the sensitivity improved when the procedures were complementary performed. Any of the three procedures correlated poorly to the severity of dyspneic symptoms in asthma patients. All COPD patients had a spirometry-registered airway obstruction. The sensitivity of impulse oscillometry increased with the severity of the airway obstruction, so its capacity to detect an obstructive ventilation disorder in the patients with FEV1%&lt;80 % was 55%, 95% CI 43-67 %, and in the patients with FEV1%&lt;70 %, it amounted to 61%, 95% CI 47-73%. A statistically significant difference in the values of all oscillometry parameters was registered depending on the spirometric COPD stage. In COPD patients, all the three procedures were moderately correlated to the severity of dyspenic symptoms. In conclusion, there is a moderate correlation of impulse oscillometry to spirometry and body plethysmography in asthma and COPD patients. Impulse oscillometry correlates better to body plethysmography than to spirometry. The correlation of the three procedures increases with the severity of the airway obstruction. The complementary application of these three procedures provides a more accurate assessment of the respiratory function in asthma and COPD patients.</p>