Objective Testing
Objective testing should begin with spirometry at rest. In true exercise-induced asthma, the results should be within normal limits. Should resting values be abnormal, then asthma, or some other chronic lung condition, is present. There is, of course, no reason why asthma and exercise-induced asthma should not co-exist but the distinction is important because without successful treatment of underlying asthma, treatment of an exercise component will be futile. If baseline testing is normal, some form of exercise stress will required, either on the sideline or practice venue, or in the laboratory.
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