Trial reportMedicine and science in sports and exercise2014
Exercise training improves heart rate variability after methamphetamine dependency.
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- Effects of physical exercise interventions on multidimensional health outcomes in patients with substance use disorders: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Exercise Intervention Program for People With Substance Use Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- The Benefits of Physical Exercise on Mental Disorders and Quality of Life in Substance Use Disorders Patients. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Autonomic nervous system dysfunction in psychiatric disorders and the impact of psychotropic medications: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN · 2016Pooled it
- Comparative effects of Health Qigong and closed motor exercise on the physical and mental health of female drug rehabilitation participants: a randomized controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Trial
- Craving among individuals with stimulant use disorder in residential social model-based treatment - Can exercise help?Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Trial
- Oxytocin-enhanced group therapy for methamphetamine use disorder: Randomized controlled trial.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Trial
- Effect of Exercise Training on Striatal Dopamine D2/D3 Receptors in Methamphetamine Users during Behavioral Treatment.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2016Trial
- Impact of an exercise intervention on methamphetamine use outcomes post-residential treatment care.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2015Trial
- The Impact of Exercise On Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Among Abstinent Methamphetamine-Dependent Individuals in A Residential Treatment Setting.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2015Trial
- Exercise for methamphetamine dependence: rationale, design, and methodology.Contemporary clinical trials · 2014Trial
- Roles of gut and oral microbiota in methamphetamine-induced multi-organ toxicity.Cell biology and toxicology · 2026Review
- The impact of endurance training on reducing inflammatory markers in the cardiac tissue of methamphetamine-exposed rats.PloS one · 2026Article
- Methamphetamine-Associated Cardiomyopathy and Cardioembolic Stroke: Brain-Heart-Gut Axis Crosstalk, Diagnostic Strategies, and Anticoagulation Challenges.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Markers of Brain Injury in Methamphetamine-Dependent Individuals: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Association between opioid use disorder and blunted heart rate variability among opioid-treated chronic pain patients.Addiction biology · 2022Article
- Effects of moderate-intensity exercise on social health and physical and mental health of methamphetamine-dependent individuals: A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Exercise Pills for Drug Addiction: Forced Moderate Endurance Exercise Inhibits Methamphetamine-Induced Hyperactivity through the Striatal Glutamatergic Signaling Pathway in Male Sprague Dawley Rats.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Peripheral Inflammatory Biomarkers of Methamphetamine Withdrawal Patients Based on the Neuro-Inflammation Hypothesis: The Possible Improvement Effect of Exercise.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Effect of Taijiquan Exercise on Rehabilitation of Male Amphetamine-Type Addicts.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeHeart rate variability (HRV) reflects a healthy autonomic nervous system and is increased with physical training. Methamphetamine dependence (MD) causes autonomic dysfunction and diminished HRV. We compared recently abstinent methamphetamine-dependent participants with age-matched, drug-free controls (DF) and also investigated whether HRV can be improved with exercise training in the methamphetamine-dependent participants.
methodsIn 50 participants (MD = 28; DF = 22), resting heart rate (HR; R-R intervals) was recorded over 5 min while seated using a monitor affixed to a chest strap. Previously reported time domain (SDNN, RMSSD, pNN50) and frequency domain (LFnu, HFnu, LF/HF) parameters of HRV were calculated with customized software. MD were randomized to thrice-weekly exercise training (ME = 14) or equal attention without training (MC = 14) over 8 wk. Groups were compared using paired and unpaired t-tests. Statistical significance was set at P ≤ 0.05.
resultsParticipant characteristics were matched between groups (mean ± SD): age = 33 ± 6 yr; body mass = 82.7 ± 12 kg, body mass index = 26.8 ± 4.1 kg·min. Compared with DF, the MD group had significantly higher resting HR (P < 0.05), LFnu, and LF/HF (P < 0.001) as well as lower SDNN, RMSSD, pNN50, and HFnu (all P < 0.001). At randomization, HRV indices were similar between ME and MC groups. However, after training, the ME group significantly (all P < 0.001) increased SDNN (+14.7 ± 2.0 ms, +34%), RMSSD (+19.6 ± 4.2 ms, +63%), pNN50 (+22.6% ± 2.7%, +173%), HFnu (+14.2 ± 1.9, +60%), and decreased HR (-5.2 ± 1.1 bpm, -7%), LFnu (-9.6 ± 1.5, -16%), and LF/HF (-0.7 ± 0.3, -19%). These measures did not change from baseline in the MC group.
conclusionsHRV, based on several conventional indices, was diminished in recently abstinent, methamphetamine-dependent individuals. Moreover, physical training yielded a marked increase in HRV, representing increased vagal modulation or improved autonomic balance.
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