ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2014
The health effects of exercising in air pollution.
Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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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
86 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Outdoor Physical Activity in an Air Polluted Environment and Its Effect on the Cardiovascular System-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The Acute Effects of Exercising in Air Pollution: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Pooled it
- Examining the effect of salbutamol use in ozone air pollution by people with exercise-induced bronchoconstriction.Physiological reports · 2024Trial
- Air Pollution Impairs Marathon Performance: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 2.7 Million Finishers Across Six World Marathon Majors.Sports medicine - open · 2026Article
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- Pulmonary and cardiovascular responses to repeated ozone exposure during exercise in adults with exercise-induced bronchoconstriction.Physiological reports · 2026Article
- Homo sapiens, industrialisation and the environmental mismatch hypothesis.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
- Climate Change and the Impact On Interstitial Lung Diseases.Pulmonary therapy · 2026Review
- Association of bedroom particulate matter, sleep quality and next-day physical performance.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- A Bayesian approach to estimate minute ventilation from heart rate during exercise for assessing environmental exposures of females.Physiological reports · 2026Article
- Sex-specific associations between physical activity and cardiovascular disease under air pollution among the middle-aged and elderly population: A nationwide cross-sectional study in China.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2026Article
- Physical activity, air pollution, and incident long-term conditions: a prospective cohort study.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Paradox of Exercise and Coronary Artery Calcification: Potential Underlying Mechanisms.Circulation research · 2025Review
- Long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate and physical activity with mortality and cardiovascular events: an analysis of the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE)-China cohort study.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Article
- Running on Fumes: An Analysis of Fine Particulate Matter's Impact on Finish Times in Nine Major US Marathons, 2003-2019.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Air Pollution and Its Impact on Health and Performance in Football Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The effects of ambient air pollution exposure on Thoroughbred racehorse performance.Equine veterinary journal · 2025Article
- PMScientific reports · 2025Article
- Can exercise regulate the relationship between noise pollution and the perception of physical and mental health among Chinese adults? An empirical study based on CGSS 2021.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Night running and night cycling: a review of sociological drivers, health benefits, and their interaction with urban green spaces.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The health benefits of exercise are well known. Many of the most accessible forms of exercise, such as walking, cycling, and running often occur outdoors. This means that exercising outdoors may increase exposure to urban air pollution. Regular exercise plays a key role in improving some of the physiologic mechanisms and health outcomes that air pollution exposure may exacerbate. This problem presents an interesting challenge of balancing the beneficial effects of exercise along with the detrimental effects of air pollution upon health. This article summarizes the pulmonary, cardiovascular, cognitive, and systemic health effects of exposure to particulate matter, ozone, and carbon monoxide during exercise. It also summarizes how air pollution exposure affects maximal oxygen consumption and exercise performance. This article highlights ways in which exercisers could mitigate the adverse health effects of air pollution exposure during exercise and draws attention to the potential importance of land use planning in selecting exercise facilities.
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