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Review
. 2015 Dec:25 Suppl 3:1-72.
doi: 10.1111/sms.12581.

Exercise as medicine - evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in 26 different chronic diseases

B K Pedersen  1 , B Saltin  2
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Exercise as medicine - evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in 26 different chronic diseases

B K Pedersen et al. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2015 Dec.

Abstract

This review provides the reader with the up-to-date evidence-based basis for prescribing exercise as medicine in the treatment of 26 different diseases: psychiatric diseases (depression, anxiety, stress, schizophrenia); neurological diseases (dementia, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis); metabolic diseases (obesity, hyperlipidemia, metabolic syndrome, polycystic ovarian syndrome, type 2 diabetes, type 1 diabetes); cardiovascular diseases (hypertension, coronary heart disease, heart failure, cerebral apoplexy, and claudication intermittent); pulmonary diseases (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, cystic fibrosis); musculo-skeletal disorders (osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, back pain, rheumatoid arthritis); and cancer. The effect of exercise therapy on disease pathogenesis and symptoms are given and the possible mechanisms of action are discussed. We have interpreted the scientific literature and for each disease, we provide the reader with our best advice regarding the optimal type and dose for prescription of exercise.

Keywords: cancer; cardiovascular; neuropsychiatric; physical activity; physical training; type 2 diabetes.

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  • Exercise as medicine for people with epilepsy.
    Vancini RL, Andrade MS, de Lira CA. Vancini RL, et al. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2016 Jul;26(7):856-7. doi: 10.1111/sms.12708. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2016. PMID: 27354331 No abstract available.

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