Exercise for depression

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Authors

Gary M Cooney · NHS Lothian

Kerry Dwan · University of Liverpool

Carolyn A Greig · University of Birmingham

Debbie A Lawlor · University of Bristol

Jane Rimer · NHS Lothian

Fiona R Waugh · NHS Fife

Marion McMurdo · University of Dundee

Gillian E Mead ·

Abstract

Exercise is moderately more effective than a control intervention for reducing symptoms of depression, but analysis of methodologically robust trials only shows a smaller effect in favour of exercise. When compared to psychological or pharmacological therapies, exercise appears to be no more effective, though this conclusion is based on a few small trials.

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Physical Activity and Health Exercise and Physiological Responses Cardiovascular and exercise physiology

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Published in: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volume 2013, Issue 9, pp. CD004366-CD004366

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd004366.pub6

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