ArticleArchives of medical science : AMS2012
Impact of physical activity on inflammation: effects on cardiovascular disease risk and other inflammatory conditions.
Article in Archives of medical science : AMS, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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81 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 142 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effects of combined exercise training on glucose metabolism and inflammatory markers in sedentary adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- The Potential of Physical Exercise to Mitigate Radiation Damage-A Systematic Review.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Exercise for people with high cardiovascular risk.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
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- Effect of a Modified Hospital Elder Life Program on Delirium and Length of Hospital Stay in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA surgery · 2017Trial
- Acute cocoa Flavanols intake has minimal effects on exercise-induced oxidative stress and nitric oxide production in healthy cyclists: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2017Trial
- Inflammatory cytokines in general and central obesity and modulating effects of physical activity.PloS one · 2015Trial
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- Exploring the role of β2-microglobulin in the relationship between physical activity and DNAm-predicted PhenoAge: Evidence from a population-based and mice single-cell RNA-sequencing study.Journal of advanced research · 2026Article
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- Association between chronic inflammation and poorer long-term functional recovery post-hip fracture in and between men and women.JBMR plus · 2026Article
- Mediterranean diet impact on plasma proteins: biomarker networks linking nutrition to the modulation of inflammation and oxidative stress.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- The effect of physical interventions in older adults on inflammatory markers (IL-6, IL-10, CRP, TNF-α): an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Innovation in aging · 2025Review
- Associations between environmental air pollution, greenspace and apparent biological aging: a cross-sectional study.GeroScience · 2025Article
- Circulating Cytokines Mediate the Protective Effect of Physical Activity on Cardiovascular Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Mediation Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- The role of controlling nutritional status score in predicting postthrombotic syndrome in patients with lower extremity deep venous thrombosis.Thrombosis journal · 2025Article
- The association of vegetable consumption and physical activity with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among community-dwelling adults aged 40 years or above in China.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- A biobehavioural and social-structural model of inflammation and executive function in pediatric chronic health conditions.Health psychology review · 2024Article
- Longitudinal reallocations of time between 24-h movement behaviours and their associations with inflammation in children and adolescents: the UP&DOWN study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Article
- Physical exercise volume, type, and intensity and risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events in patients with cardiovascular disease: a mediation analysis.European heart journal open · 2023Article
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Abstract
Since the 19(th) century, many studies have enlightened the role of inflammation in atherosclerosis, changing our perception of "vessel plaque due to oxidized lipoproteins", similar to a "rusted pipe", towards a disease with involvement of many cell types and cytokines with more complex mechanisms. Although "physical activity" and "physical exercise" are two terms with some differences in meaning, compared to sedentary lifestyle, active people have lower cardiovascular risk and lower inflammatory markers. Activities of skeletal muscle reveal "myokines" which have roles in both the immune system and adipose tissue metabolism. In vitro and ex-vivo studies have shown beneficial effects of exercise on inflammation markers. Meanwhile in clinical studies, some conflicting results suggested that type of activity, exercise duration, body composition, gender, race and age may modulate anti-inflammatory effects of physical exercise. Medical data on patients with inflammatory diseases have shown beneficial effects of exercise on disease activity scores, patient well-being and inflammatory markers. Although the most beneficial type of activity and the most relevant patient group for anti-inflammatory benefits are still not clear, studies in elderly and adult people generally support anti-inflammatory effects of physical activity and moderate exercise could be advised to patients with cardiovascular risk such as patients with metabolic syndrome.
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