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ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2006

Physical activity and feelings of energy and fatigue: epidemiological evidence.

Timothy W Puetz

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Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06429423 (Acute Psychological and Physiological Exercise Effects Among Patients With Stress-related Exhaustion Disorder. Role of Exercise Intensity.), which is not on this map. Cited by 85 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06429423 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Acute Psychological and Physiological Exercise Effects Among Patients With Stress-related Exhaustion Disorder. Role of Exercise Intensity.

TypeinterventionalSponsorVictoria BlomRan2023 to 2024Enrolled60ConditionsExhaustion, SyndromeArmsAcute exercise low intensity, Acute exercise moderate intensity
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

85 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Physical activity and quality of life among college students without comorbidities for cardiometabolic diseases: systematic review and meta-analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022
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  8. Mixed exercise training for adults with fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  9. The effect of physical activity on fatigue among survivors of colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018
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  10. Aerobic exercise training for adults with fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  17. Yoga's impact on inflammation, mood, and fatigue in breast cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2014
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  19. A process evaluation of a worksite vitality intervention among ageing hospital workers.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2011
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25 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Timothy W PuetzDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-6554, USA. twpuetz@uga.edu

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Approximately 20% of adults worldwide report persistent fatigue. Physical activity is a healthful behaviour that has promise for combating feelings of fatigue and low energy. This article summarises the epidemiological literature that examined the association between physical activity and feelings of energy and fatigue. Twelve population-based studies conducted between January 1945 and February 2005 that concurrently measured physical activity and feelings of energy and fatigue were located. All of the studies suggested that there was an association between physical activity and a reduced risk of experiencing feelings of low energy and fatigue when active adults were compared with sedentary peers (odds ratio = 0.61; 95% CI 0.52, 0.72). The effect was heterogeneous and varied according to study design and the energy/fatigue measure used in the study. Because epidemiological comparisons cannot establish direction of causality, standard criteria for evaluating strength of evidence in epidemiological studies (i.e. strength of association, temporal sequence, consistency, dose response and biological plausibility) were used to judge whether the observed association between physical activity and feelings of energy and fatigue suggest causality in the absence of adequate experimental evidence. There was agreement among the studies suggesting a strong, consistent, temporally appropriate dose-response relationship between physical activity and feelings of energy and fatigue. No compelling evidence has confirmed any plausible biological mechanisms that explain the apparent protective effect of physical activity against feelings of low energy and fatigue. Nonetheless, the epidemiological evidence is sufficiently strong to justify better controlled prospective cohort studies and randomised controlled trials.

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Energy MetabolismFatigueHealth BehaviorSportsAdultHumansQuality of Life

Identifiers

PMID16937952

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