ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine2018
Health Benefits of Exercise.
Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 317 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
317 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Can exercise improve surgical ergonomics? A systematic review.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Pooled it
- The Effects of Exergames on Fundamental Movement Skills in Childhood: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of acute, subacute, and chronic exercise on plasma s-Klotho levels: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of physiology and biochemistry · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of exhaustive and/or strenuous exercise on aging-related molecular and physiological biomarkers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Biogerontology · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluating public health campaigns on health promotion, substance use prevention and physical activity: a systematic review.Health education research · 2026Pooled it
- Can exercise combined with transcranial direct current stimulation improve cognitive function in older adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of high-intensity interval training on aerobic capacity, physical fitness, and body composition in martial arts athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- The Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Resistance Training in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Biomolecules · 2025Pooled it
- Physical training of wheelchair users with neuromuscular disorders: A systematic review.Journal of neuromuscular diseases · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of high-intensity interval training on cognitive performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of active video games on mental health among college students: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- The Effect of Time-Restricted Eating Combined with Exercise on Body Composition and Metabolic Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of exercise on markers of B cell-related immunity: A systematic review.Journal of sport and health science · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of therapeutic exercise on the motor function of adults with Down syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
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- Feasibility of superimposed supine cycling and lower body negative pressure as an effective means of prolonging exercise tolerance in individuals experiencing persisting post-concussive symptoms: Preliminary results.Experimental physiology · 2026Trial
- Feasibility of an unsupervised aerobic exercise training program for participants with persistent symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Moving for optimal immunity: the effect of acute high-intensity interval training on phenotype, virus specificity and chemokine receptor expression in human CD8+ T cells.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Trial
- Impact of a Self-Autonomous Evaluation Station and Personalized Training Algorithm on Quality of Life and Physical Capacities in Sedentary Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2024Trial
257 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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2 authors.
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Abstract
Overwhelming evidence exists that lifelong exercise is associated with a longer health span, delaying the onset of 40 chronic conditions/diseases. What is beginning to be learned is the molecular mechanisms by which exercise sustains and improves quality of life. The current review begins with two short considerations. The first short presentation concerns the effects of endurance exercise training on cardiovascular fitness, and how it relates to improved health outcomes. The second short section contemplates emerging molecular connections from endurance training to mental health. Finally, approximately half of the remaining review concentrates on the relationships between type 2 diabetes, mitochondria, and endurance training. It is now clear that physical training is complex biology, invoking polygenic interactions within cells, tissues/organs, systems, with remarkable cross talk occurring among the former list.
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