Importance of assessing cardiorespiratory fitness in clinical practice: a case for fitness as a clinical vital sign: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

R Ross, SN Blair, R Arena, TS Church, JP Després… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Mounting evidence has firmly established that low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF)
are associated with a high risk of cardiovascular disease, all-cause mortality, and mortality …

The role of exercise in management of mental health disorders: an integrative review

PJ Smith, RM Merwin - Annual review of medicine, 2021 - annualreviews.org
A large and growing body of evidence suggests that physical activity (PA) may hold
therapeutic promise in the management of mental health disorders. Most evidence linking …

[HTML][HTML] International exercise recommendations in older adults (ICFSR): expert consensus guidelines

M Izquierdo, RA Merchant, JE Morley, SD Anker… - The journal of nutrition …, 2021 - Springer
The human ageing process is universal, ubiquitous and inevitable. Every physiological
function is being continuously diminished. There is a range between two distinct phenotypes …

Role of inactivity in chronic diseases: evolutionary insight and pathophysiological mechanisms

FW Booth, CK Roberts, JP Thyfault… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
This review proposes that physical inactivity could be considered a behavior selected by
evolution for resting, and also selected to be reinforcing in life-threatening situations in …

The role of exercise in preventing and treating depression

FB Schuch, B Stubbs - Current sports medicine reports, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Depression is a leading cause of global burden. The mainstay of treatment is
pharmacological and psychological interventions. While effective, not all people will respond …

Exercise as a treatment for depression: a meta-analysis

S Kvam, CL Kleppe, IH Nordhus, A Hovland - Journal of affective disorders, 2016 - Elsevier
Background This meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) examines the efficacy
of physical exercise as treatment for unipolar depression, both as an independent …

Regular physical activity, short-term exercise, mental health, and well-being among university students: the results of an online and a laboratory study

C Herbert, F Meixner, C Wiebking, V Gilg - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The health benefits of regular physical activity and aerobic exercise are undisputed in the
literature. The present series of pilot studies had two major objectives:(a) examine mental …

The role of exercise in the treatment of depression: biological underpinnings and clinical outcomes

RE Ross, CJ VanDerwerker, ME Saladin… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Globally, depression is a leading cause of disability and has remained so for decades.
Antidepressant medications have suboptimal outcomes and are too frequently associated …

Exercise reduces depression and inflammation but intensity matters

EM Paolucci, D Loukov, DME Bowdish, JJ Heisz - Biological psychology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Exercise may help to mitigate symptoms of depression by reducing
inflammation; however, little is known about the influence of exercise intensity on depressed …

A systematic review of the psychological and social benefits of participation in sport for children and adolescents: informing development of a conceptual model of …

RM Eime, JA Young, JT Harvey, MJ Charity… - International journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Background There are specific guidelines regarding the level of physical activity (PA)
required to provide health benefits. However, the research underpinning these PA …