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SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2017

The Effects of Resistance Exercise Training on Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Brett R Gordon, Cillian P McDowell, Mark Lyons, Matthew P Herring

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04723745 (Translational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders), which is not on this map. Cited by 125 papers, 21 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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125citing papers in PubMed, 21 pooled it
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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.

NCT04723745 unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Translational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders: Virtual Assessment of Deployment Trauma and Rehabilitation

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorVA Boston Healthcare SystemRan2020 to 2024Enrolled100ConditionsTBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), PTSDArmsV-TRACTS Assessment/Feedback, OPTIONAL Brief Assessment of Thinking, OPTIONAL STEP-Home-Brief, OPTIONAL At-home Exercise Program, OPTIONAL Referral to 12-week STEP-Home
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

125 citing papers in PubMed, 21 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 289 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. The Use of Physical Activity in Coping with Test Anxiety Among Students: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  12. Exercise training and depression and anxiety in musculoskeletal pain patients: a meta-analysis of randomized control trials.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2023
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  15. The Benefits of Physical Activity for People with Obesity, Independent of Weight Loss: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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65 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Brett R GordonDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Cillian P McDowellDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Mark LyonsDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Matthew P HerringDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. matthew.herring@ul.ie.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6835-5321
University of Limerick · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe salutary effects of resistance exercise training (RET) are well established, including increased strength and function; however, less is known regarding the effects of RET on mental health outcomes. Aerobic exercise has well-documented positive effects on anxiety, but a quantitative synthesis of RET effects on anxiety is needed.

objectivesTo estimate the population effect size for resistance exercise training (RET) effects on anxiety and to determine whether variables of logical, theoretical, and/or prior empirical relation to anxiety moderate the overall effect.

methodsThirty-one effects were derived from 16 articles published before February 2017, located using Google Scholar, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PubMed, and Web of Science. Trials involved 922 participants (mean age = 43 ± 21 years, 68% female/32% male) and included both randomization to RET (n = 486) or a non-active control condition (n = 436), and a validated anxiety outcome measured at baseline, mid-, and/or post-intervention. Hedges' d effect sizes were computed and random effects models were used for all analyses. Meta-regression quantified the extent to which participant and trial characteristics moderated the mean effect.

resultsRET significantly reduced anxiety symptoms (Δ = 0.31, 95% CI 0.17-0.44; z = 4.43; p < 0.001). Significant heterogeneity was not indicated (Q

conclusionsRET significantly improves anxiety symptoms among both healthy participants and participants with a physical or mental illness. Improvements were not moderated by sex, or based on features of RET. Future trials should compare RET to other empirically-supported therapies for anxiety.

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ExerciseRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicResistance TrainingAdolescentAdultAgedAnxietyFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMaleMiddle AgedObesity, MorbidRegression AnalysisYoung Adult

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PMID28819746
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