Exercise and severe depression: Preliminary results of an add-on study

The Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Different Symptoms of Depression: An Investigation of Psychological Mechanisms of Stress and Coping

“…This is consistent with the findings by other researchers [7] [8] [11] [44]. Predicated on some other studies as to the effect of exercise on depression, the results indicate that, for example, affective improvement can occur by increasing the amount of serotonin secretion [45], cognitive promotion can be achieved through increasing self-esteem [46], and more healthy somatic condition can occur via better sleep quality [47].…”

“…Some of the studies carried out so far on the effect of adding aerobic exercise to the usual medical treatment protocol (the use of antidepressants and ECT) compared with only usual medical treatment showed a significant improvement in the rate of depression in the exercise groups [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]. According to Dunn, Trivedi, Kampert, Clark, & Chambliss [12], an important point here is that the use of high intensity exercise (75% -85% HR max ) is not plausible in patients with depression and does not agree with the public health recommendations.…”

Exercise as a treatment for depression: A meta-analysis

“…This evaluation left us with 23 studies for the present meta-analysis (Blumenthal et al, 2012b(Blumenthal et al, , 2007(Blumenthal et al, , 1999Doyne et al, 1987;Dunn et al, 2005;Epstein, 1986;Foley et al, 2008;Gary et al, 2010;Hemat-Far et al, 2012;Klein et al, 1985;Krogh et al, 2012Krogh et al, , 2009Martinsen et al, 1985;Mota-Pereira et al, 2011;Mutrie, 1986;Pilu et al, 2007;Pinchasov et al, 2000;Salehi et al, 2014;Schuch et al, 2011;Sims et al, 2009;Singh et al, 2005Singh et al, , 1997Veale et al, 1992). Results from follow-up assessments are reported for seven studies (Blumenthal et al, 2007(Blumenthal et al, , 1999Gary et al, 2010;Klein et al, 1985;Krogh et al, 2009;Sims et al, 2009;Singh et al, 1997).…”

“…Three studies explicitly stated that the participants EXERCISE AS A TREAMENT FOR DEPRESSION had a somatic comorbid diagnosis of coronary heart disease (Blumenthal et al, 2012b), heart failure (Gary et al, 2010), and stroke (Sims et al, 2009). Sixteen studies provided aerobic exercise (Blumenthal et al, 2012b(Blumenthal et al, , 2007(Blumenthal et al, , 1999Dunn et al, 2005;Epstein, 1986;Foley et al, 2008;Gary et al, 2010;Hemat-Far et al, 2012;Klein et al, 1985;Krogh et al, 2012;Martinsen et al, 1985;Mota-Pereira et al, 2011;Pinchasov et al, 2000;Salehi et al, 2014;Schuch et al, 2011;Veale et al, 1992), four studies provided resistance training (Pilu et al, 2007;Sims et al, 2009;Singh et al, 2005Singh et al, , 1997, and three studies provided both types of exercise (Doyne et al, 1987;Krogh et al, 2009;Mutrie, 1986). The outcome assessor was blinded in 10 studies (Blumenthal et al, 2012b(Blumenthal et al, , 2007(Blumenthal et al, , 1999Dunn et al, 2005;Gary et al, 2010;Krogh et al, 2012Krogh et al, , 2009Mota-Pereira et al, 2011;Salehi et al, 2014;Singh et al, 2005), allocation to condition was adequately concealed in 11 studies (Blumenthal et...…”

“…Further, we checked the bibliography of the latest published studies included in our review (Gary et al, 2010;Hemat-Far et al, 2012;Krogh et al, 2012;MotaPereira et al, 2011;Salehi et al, 2014;Schuch et al, 2011) and contacted the main authors through email to inquire about unpublished material or ongoing studies.…”