Exercise for Depression

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  • Study

Name

Exercise for Depression

Description

This article updated a previously conducted (2009) systematic review and meta-analysis on exercise for depression.

Types

Article
Study

Authors

Carolyn A Greig
Jane Rimer
Debbie A Lawlor
Gillian E Mead
Marion McMurdo
Fiona R Waugh
Gary M Cooney
Kerry Dwan

Claims from

When effects from 35 trials were pooled, it appeared that exercise moderately helped depression. When only six higher-quality trials were included, the effect of exercise on depression was positive but small.

Journal

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Topics

4bf01f25-630b-4b23-9bac-87c10ab2ba3a
Depression

Web URL

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD004366.pub6

Referenced by

When effects from 35 trials were pooled, it appeared that exercise moderately helped depression. When only six higher-quality trials were included, the effect of exercise on depression was positive but small.

Psychology

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