著者

渋谷 信治

出版者

一般社団法人 日本心身医学会

雑誌

心身医学 (ISSN:03850307)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.34, no.6, pp.499-503, 1994-08-01 (Released:2017-08-01)

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Kiko-therapy has been indicated for bronchial asthma, but its effect has never been evaluated objectively. Our case was a ten-year-old boy with severe asthma who had been undergoing long-term institutional therapy. He had a tendency to hyperventilate due to psychological factors and had been resistant to all kinds of therapy. During a four-month treatment with Kiko-therapy, both symptoms and peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) were studied. PEFR increased significantly, strongly suggesting that Kiko-therapy contributed to the improvement of airway obstruction in this patient.