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Effect of viewing a humorous vs. nonhumorous film on bronchial responsiveness in patients with bronchial asthma.
Full Abstract
The effect of viewing a humorous film on bronchial responsiveness to methacholine [methacholine study: 20 healthy participants and 20 patients with house dust mite (HDM)-allergic bronchial asthma (BA)] or to epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg; EGCg study: 15 normal participants and 15 EGCg-allergic BA patients) was studied. At baseline, bronchial challenge test to methacholine (20 normal participants and 20 HDM-allergic BA patients) or EGCg (15 normal participants and 15 EGCg-allergic BA patients) were performed. After 2 weeks, patients and healthy participants were randomly assigned to watch a humorous or a nonhumorous film. Two weeks later, the alternate film was watched. Immediately after viewing, bronchial challenge test to methacholine or ECGg to each study group were performed. Viewing a humorous film significantly reduced bronchial responsiveness to methacholine or EGCg, while viewing a nonhumorous film failed to do so in BA patients without affecting bronchial responsiveness to methacholine or EGCg in healthy participants. These findings indicate that viewing a humorous film may be useful in the treatment and study of BA.
Author information
Author/s: Kimata, Hajime (H);
Affiliation: Department of Allergy, Ujitakeda Hospital, 24-1, Umonji, Uji, Uji-City, Kyoto 611-0021, Japan. h-kimata(-atsign-)takedahp.or.jp
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal: Physiology & behavior (Physiol Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2004-Jun; vol 81 (issue 4) : pp 681-4
Dates: Created 2004/06/04; Completed 2004/09/21; Revised 2007/11/15;
PMID: 15178163, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )
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