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SynthesisBMC public health2013

Long-term health benefits of physical activity--a systematic review of longitudinal studies.

Miriam Reiner, Christina Niermann, Darko Jekauc, Alexander Woll

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in BMC public health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04491110 (Intervention to Improve Sleep Quality in Caregivers of Palliative Care Patients in the Community), which is not on this map. Cited by 520 papers, 17 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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520citing papers in PubMed, 17 pooled it
28.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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.

NCT04491110 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Intervention to Improve Sleep Quality in Caregivers of Palliative Care Patients in the Community: Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorAndaluz Health ServiceRan2020 to 2022Enrolled80ConditionsMusic Therapy, Caregivers, Sleep, Palliative CareArmsMusic Therapy, simulation with therapeutic education
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

520 citing papers in PubMed, 17 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,455 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension 2025 (JSH2025).Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026
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  12. A Systematic Review of Workplace Physical Activity Coaching.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2023
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  16. Physical Activity Counseling in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review of Content, Outcomes, and Barriers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  17. Status and Influencing Factors of Physical Exercise among College Students in China: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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460 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Miriam ReinerInstitute of Sport and Sport Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engler-Bunte Ring 15, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany. miriam.reiner@kit.edu.
Christina Niermann
Darko Jekauc
Alexander Woll
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology · DEUniversity of Konstanz · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe treatment of noncommunicable diseases (NCD), like coronary heart disease or type 2 diabetes mellitus, causes rising costs for the health system. Physical activity is supposed to reduce the risk for these diseases. Results of cross-sectional studies showed that physical activity is associated with better health, and that physical activity could prevent the development of these diseases. The purpose of this review is to summarize existing evidence for the long-term (>5 years) relationship between physical activity and weight gain, obesity, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

methodsFifteen longitudinal studies with at least 5-year follow up times and a total of 288,724 subjects (>500 participants in each study), aged between 18 and 85 years, were identified using digital databases. Only studies published in English, about healthy adults at baseline, intentional physical activity and the listed NCDs were included.

resultsThe results of these studies show that physical activity appears to have a positive long-term influence on all selected diseases.

conclusionsThis review revealed a paucity of long-term studies on the relationship between physical activity and the incidence of NCD.

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Health PromotionMotor ActivityPublic HealthAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCardiovascular DiseasesDementiaDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedObesity

Identifiers

PMID24010994
PMCPMC3847225
OpenAlexW1972659093

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