Robert Eley, from the University of Southern Queensland, gave 10 Aboriginal boys weekly didgeridoo lessons for six months and found that their 'respiratory function had improved significantly'
A study by Australian scientists found that regularly playing the wind instrument can lead to improved breathing and better overall health.
Robert Eley, from the University of Southern Queensland, gave 10 Aboriginal boys weekly didgeridoo lessons for six months and found that their “respiratory function had improved significantly”.
He said that the “deep and circular breathing” required to play the digeridoo may have been responsible for the health benefits.
Girls were excluded from the lessons because it against the culture of many Aboriginal groups for females to play the instrument.
However, Dr Eley found that both boys and girls reported a general improvement in well-being after singing lessons and he suggested that could be a new way to help relieve the symptoms of asthma.
More than five million people in the UK suffer from the condition which currently costs the NHS £950m a year.
The research was published in The Journal of Rural Health.
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