Inducible laryngeal obstruction during exercise: moving beyond vocal cords with new insights

摘要: Exercise as an important part of life for the health and wellness children adults. Inducible laryngeal obstruction (ILO) is a consensus term used to describe group disorders previously called vocal cord dysfunction, paradoxical fold motion, numerous other terms. Exercise-ILO can impair one's ability exercise, be confused with asthma, leading unnecessary prescription asthma controller rescue medication, results in increased healthcare resource utilization including (rarely) emergency care. It characterized by episodic shortness breath noisy breathing that generally occurs at high work rates. The present diagnostic gold standard all types ILO laryngoscopic visualization inappropriate glottic or supraglottic movement resulting airway narrowing during spontaneous event provocation challenge. A number different behavioral techniques, speech therapy, biofeedback, cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, may appropriate treat individual patients. nomenclature, which will allow better characterization patients, coupled new further define epidemiology etiology well enable objective evaluation therapeutic modalities.