Trial reportSleep medicine2010
Aerobic exercise improves self-reported sleep and quality of life in older adults with insomnia.
Trial report in Sleep medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 230 papers, 18 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
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Who cites it
230 citing papers in PubMed, 18 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 642 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dose-response relationship between physical activity and subjective sleep quality in patients with insomnia: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of different intervention modalities combined with exercise in patients with insomnia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Symptom clusters and their temporal patterns in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a systematic review of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of exercise on cognitive function in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the mediating role of sleep.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
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- Effectiveness of Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Sleep Disorders in Enhancing Quality of Life, Cognitive Function, and Sleep Quality in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Global trends and hotspots in exercise therapy for insomnia research: bibliometric and visual analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of exercise interventions on subjective sleep quality in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using the Pittsburgh sleep quality index.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
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- Effects of different types of exercise on sleep quality based on Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index in middle-aged and older adults: a network meta-analysis.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Home-based rehabilitation versus centre-based programs in patients with temporomandibular disorders-a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of oral & facial pain and headache · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of physical exercise on sleep quality in patients with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Pooled it
- Physical Activity and Sleep Quality Association in Different Populations: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Physical exercise as a therapeutic approach for adults with insomnia: systematic review and meta-analysis.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Exercise on Sleep Quality and Insomnia in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Relative Efficacy of Different Exercises for Pain, Function, Performance and Quality of Life in Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
- Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in COPD guidelines: A systematic review.Chronic respiratory disease · 2017Pooled it
- The effects of physical activity on sleep: a meta-analytic review.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2015Pooled it
- The effect of different exercise modalities on older adults' quality of life: an assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Effects of brisk walking and Tai Chi interventions on sleep quality in university students with insomnia.Frontiers in public health · 2025Trial
170 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the efficacy of moderate aerobic physical activity with sleep hygiene education to improve sleep, mood and quality of life in older adults with chronic insomnia.
methodsSeventeen sedentary adults aged >or=55 years with insomnia (mean age 61.6 [SD±4.3] years; 16 female) participated in a randomized controlled trial comparing 16 weeks of aerobic physical activity plus sleep hygiene to non-physical activity plus sleep hygiene. Eligibility included primary insomnia for at least 3 months, habitual sleep duration <6.5h and a Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score >5. Outcomes included sleep quality, mood and quality of life questionnaires (PSQI, Epworth Sleepiness Scale [ESS], Short-form 36 [SF-36], Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale [CES-D]).
resultsThe physical activity group improved in sleep quality on the global PSQI (p<.0001), sleep latency (p=.049), sleep duration (p=.04), daytime dysfunction (p=.027), and sleep efficiency (p=.036) PSQI sub-scores compared to the control group. The physical activity group also had reductions in depressive symptoms (p=.044), daytime sleepiness (p=.02) and improvements in vitality (p=.017) compared to baseline scores.
conclusionAerobic physical activity with sleep hygiene education is an effective treatment approach to improve sleep quality, mood and quality of life in older adults with chronic insomnia.
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