ArticleGut microbes2015
Exercise and the microbiota.
Article in Gut microbes, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03325933 (Resistance Training and Cardiometabolic Health), which is not on this map. Cited by 82 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Resistance Training and Cardiometabolic Health
Who cites it
82 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Association Between Lifestyle Interventions and Trimethylamine N-Oxide: A Systematic-Narrative Hybrid Literature Review.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Characterizing gut microbial dysbiosis and exploring the effect of prebiotic fiber supplementation in patients with COPD.European journal of nutrition · 2025Trial
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- Exercise Training Modulates Gut Microbiota Profile and Improves Endotoxemia.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2020Trial
- Trial
- Trial
- Physical and Mental Health as Biopsychosocial Correlates and Pathways Associated With Symptom Severity in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Structural Equation Modeling Study.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2026Article
- Optimising exercise intensity for gut health: Effect on microbiota composition, barrier integrity and inflammation in male Wistar rats.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- Exercise prescription for mood and cognition: targeting the microbiota-gut-brain axis through short-chain fatty acids.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Exercise improves gut microbial metabolites in an intensity-dependent manner: a pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials.Gut microbes · 2025Article
- Training load influences gut microbiome of highly trained rowing athletes.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2025Article
- Could the Therapeutic Effect of Physical Activity on Irritable Bowel Syndrome Be Mediated Through Changes to the Gut Microbiome? A Narrative and Hypothesis Generating Review.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2025Review
- Article
- GutMicrobiotAware: an international exploratory survey on awareness and understanding of the gut microbiota.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Review
- The effect of physical exercise on anticancer immunity.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2024Review
- Personalizing Nutrition Strategies: Bridging Research and Public Health.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
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- Progress of linking gut microbiota and musculoskeletal health: casualty, mechanisms, and translational values.Gut microbes · 2023Review
22 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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7 authors.
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Abstract
Sedentary lifestyle is linked with poor health, most commonly obesity and associated disorders, the corollary being that exercise offers a preventive strategy. However, the scope of exercise biology extends well beyond energy expenditure and has emerged as a great 'polypill', which is safe, reliable and cost-effective not only in disease prevention but also treatment. Biological mechanisms by which exercise influences homeostasis are becoming clearer and involve multi-organ systemic adaptations. Most of the elements of a modern lifestyle influence the indigenous microbiota but few studies have explored the effect of increased physical activity. While dietary responses to exercise obscure the influence of exercise alone on gut microbiota, professional athletes operating at the extremes of performance provide informative data. We assessed the relationship between extreme levels of exercise, associated dietary habits and gut microbiota composition, and discuss potential mechanisms by which exercise may exert a direct or indirect influence on gut microbiota.
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