Physical exercise improves quality of life, depressive symptoms, and cognition across chronic brain disorders : a transdiagnostic systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

We performed a meta-analysis to synthesize evidence on the efficacy and safety of physical exercise as an add-on therapeutic intervention for quality of life (QoL), depressive symptoms and cognition across six chronic brain disorders: Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia and unipolar depression. 122 studies ( = k) (n = 7231) were included. Exercise was superior to treatment as usual in improving QoL (k = 64, n = 4334, ES = 0.40, p < 0.0001), depressive symptoms (k = 60, n = 2909, ES = 0.78, p < 0.0001), the cognitive domains attention and working memory (k = 21, n = 1313, ES = 0.24, p < 0.009), executive functioning (k = 14, n = 977, ES = 0.15, p = 0.013), memory (k = 12, n = 994, ES = 0.12, p = 0.038) and psychomotor speed (k = 16, n = 896, ES = 0.23, p = 0.003). Meta-regression showed a dose-response effect for exercise time (min/week) on depressive symptoms (β = 0.007, p = 0.012). 69% of the studies that reported on safety, found no complications. Exercise is an efficacious and safe add-on therapeutic intervention showing a medium-sized effect on QoL and a large effect on mood in patients with chronic brain disorders, with a positive dose-response correlation. Exercise also improved several cognitive domains with small but significant effects.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:268

Enthalten in:

Journal of neurology - 268(2021), 4 vom: 14. Apr., Seite 1222-1246

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dauwan, Meenakshi [VerfasserIn]
Begemann, Marieke J H [VerfasserIn]
Slot, Margot I E [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Edwin H M [VerfasserIn]
Scheltens, Philip [VerfasserIn]
Sommer, Iris E C [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Alzheimer’s disease
Depression
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Multiple sclerosis
Parkinson’s disease
Physical exercise
Review
Schizophrenia
Systematic Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 18.06.2021

Date Revised 19.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00415-019-09493-9

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM300245254