FolioStart free

Health · Literature

Research papers on Exercise and depression

Recent and highly-cited academic work on exercise and depression, gathered from Semantic Scholar, CrossRef and OpenAlex.

Search all 200M+ papers on this topic, free →Or track new exercise and depression papers automatically as they publish

  2. Exercise for the Treatment of Depression

    Jan Knapen, Davy Vancampfort, Bea Schoubs, et al. · 2009 · The Open Complementary Medicine Journal · 911 citations

    Depression is a common mental disorder that presents with depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep and/or appetite, low energy, and poor concentration.Depression is a widespread and often chronic condition.Lifetime prevalence estimates for major depressive disorder are approximately 15% to 20%; 1-year prevalence estimates are 5% to 10%.Moreover, depression is characterized by high rates of relapse: 22% to 50% of patients suffer recurrent episodes within 6 months after recovery.Depression is associated with a high incidence of co-morbid somatic illness.Individuals suffering from major depression run a higher relative risk of coronary h

    Save this paper

  4. Exercise in prevention and treatment of anxiety and depression among children and young people

    Lillebeth Larun, Lena Victoria Nordheim, Eilin Ekeland, et al. · 2006 · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 492 citations

    BACKGROUND: Depression and anxiety are common psychological disorders for children and adolescents. Psychological (e.g. psychotherapy), psychosocial (e.g. cognitive behavioral therapy) and biological (e.g. SSRIs or tricyclic drugs) treatments are the most common treatments being offered. The large variety of therapeutic interventions give rise to questions of clinical effectiveness and side effects. Physical exercise is inexpensive with few, if any, side effects. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effects of exercise interventions in reducing or preventing anxiety or depression in children and young people up to 20 years of age. SEARCH STRATEGY: We searched the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (la

    Save this paper

  5. Exercise therapy improves both mental and physical health in patients with major depression

    Jan Knapen, Davy Vancampfort, Yves Moriën, et al. · 2014 · Disability and Rehabilitation · 394 citations

    PURPOSE: to present clinical guidelines for exercise therapy in depressed patients derived from recent meta-analyses. METHOD: four meta-analyses on effects of physical exercise on mental and physical in depression were analysed. RESULTS: For mild to moderate depression the effect of exercise may be comparable to antidepressant medication and psychotherapy; for severe depression exercise seems to be a valuable complementary therapy to the traditional treatments. Depression is associated with a high incidence of co-morbid somatic illnesses, especially cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Exercise is extremely powerful in preventing and treating these diseases. Physi

    Save this paper

  6. Impact of physical exercise on depression and anxiety in adolescent inpatients: A randomized controlled trial

    Arnaud Philippot, Vincent Dubois, Kate Lambrechts, et al. · 2022 · Journal of Affective Disorders · 214 citations

    BACKGROUND: Physical exercise therapy is of proven efficacy in the treatment of adults with depression, but corresponding evidence is lacking in depressed adolescent inpatients. The aim of this study was to document the effect of add-on treatment with structured physical exercise in a clinical population of adolescents hospitalized for depression and anxiety in a psychiatric hospital. METHODS: A group of 52 adolescent inpatients was randomly assigned to a physical exercise or control program three to four times per week over a six-week period (20 hours in total). The primary outcome was the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) for evaluation of depression and anxiety symptoms. Secondary

    Save this paper

  8. Placebo Effect in the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety

    Irving Kirsch · 2019 · Frontiers in Psychiatry · 205 citations

    The aim of this review is to evaluate the placebo effect in the treatment of anxiety and depression. Antidepressants are supposed to work by fixing a chemical imbalance, specifically, a lack of serotonin or norepinephrine in the brain. However, analyses of the published and the unpublished clinical trial data are consistent in showing that most (if not all) of the benefits of antidepressants in the treatment of depression and anxiety are due to the placebo response, and the difference in improvement between drug and placebo is not clinically meaningful and may be due to breaking blind by both patients and clinicians. Although this conclusion has been the subject of intense controversy, the c

    Save this paper

  10. Exercise in the treatment of major depression: A systematic review grading the quality of evidence

    Louise Danielsson, A Noras, Margda Wærn, et al. · 2013 · Physiotherapy Theory and Practice · 84 citations

    OBJECTIVE: To examine the quality of evidence for exercise in the treatment of major depression, comparing specific study types; aerobic exercise vs. antidepressants, aerobic exercise vs. any physical activity, and aerobic exercise as augmentation therapy to treatment as usual vs. treatment as usual. METHODS: Electronic searches for randomized controlled studies, reporting on treatment outcome in adults with major depression confirmed by a clinical interview. Quality of evidence was assessed using the Grading and Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation and an additional risk of bias-protocol. RESULTS: Fourteen eligible studies were retrieved, of which nine had low risk of bias

    Save this paper

  11. Physical exercise and depression

    Sebastian Eriksson, Gunvor E. Gard · 2011 · Physical Therapy Reviews · 40 citations

    Objectives: The objective was to review studies which used physical exercise as an intervention to treat major depression, focusing on methodology, mechanisms of action, types of physical exercise and treatment outcomes.Methods: Perform a search of the literature in the databases PsycINFO and PubMed 2000–2010 with ‘major depression’, ‘exercise’, ‘outcome’, ‘physical activity’ and ‘aerobic training’ as search terms. The inclusion criteria were: RCT treating depression with physical exercise with no limitations concerning age, gender or medication status.Results: Eight studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were included. Seven of the eight studies showed significantly improved mood and

    Save this paper

  12. “Crawling Out of the Cocoon”: Patients' Experiences of a Physical Therapy Exercise Intervention in the Treatment of Major Depression

    Louise Danielsson, Birgitta Kihlbom, Susanne Rosberg · 2016 · Physical Therapy · 22 citations

    Background: Although the effectiveness of physical exercise for depression has been studied for many years, few studies have described patients' experiences of what exercise means to them, beyond the biological focus. Moreover, exercise as a treatment for depression is rarely explored in a physical therapy context. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore a physical therapy exercise intervention, as experienced by people with major depression. Design: This study had an inductive approach and used qualitative content analysis. Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted with 13 people who participated in physical therapist–guided aerobic exercise in a randomized controlled t

    Save this paper

  16. EFFECT OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE ON MEDICAL REHABILITATION TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION

    Jing Wang, Zhaohe Li · 2022 · Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte · 7 citations

    ABSTRACT Introduction: Depression is a common disease worldwide. The main treatment methods currently include medication, psychotherapy, and physical therapy. However, due to limitations in treatment methods, treatment compliance is poor. Participating in various sports is very effective in treating depression. Objective: To verify the influence of sports on the condition of depression and on the effect of its clinical treatment. Methods: The article selected a total of 60 hospitalized patients with depression who were randomly divided into two groups: an experimental group and a control group. The control group took antidepressant drugs for eight weeks, and the experimental group took the d

    Save this paper

  21. Exploring the Effect of Exercise in Assisting the Treatment of Depression

    Yinghong Ma · 2024 · Communications in Humanities Research

    Depression is a prevalent mood disorder that significantly impairs the quality of life for those affected. Studies have indicated that exercise offers significant benefits in the treatment of depression. Exercise not only ameliorates the emotional state, self-perception, and sleep quality of individuals with depression but also facilitates the production of neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine, which play a regulatory role in mood and enhance the capacity of patients to combat depression, thereby assisting in treatment. Among these neurotransmitters, serotonin is considered the most critical. This study aims to investigate the effect of exercise in adjunctive therapy by examining

    Save this paper

Write your paper with these sources

Folio is the integrity-first research workspace: search 200M+ papers, save sources, and write with citations that format themselves. Free for students and researchers.

Start writing free →