Trial reportBMC psychiatry2017
Aerobic training for improved memory in patients with stress-related exhaustion: a randomized controlled trial.
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Effects on Cognitive Function, Estimated as a Global Brain Score, by Cognitive and Physical Fitness Training Added to a Multimodal Rehabilitation Program for Patients With Exhaustion Disorder
Step by Step Back - A Feasibility Study of a CBT-Based Physical Activity Intervention for Stress-Related Exhaustion
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Physical activity improves the visual-spatial working memory of individuals with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- The Association between Energy Balance-Related Behavior and Burn-Out in Adults: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Efficacy of Exercise Therapy in Persons with Burnout. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Extended Long-Term Effects of Cognitive and Aerobic Training on Cognitive Function in Patients With Stress-Related Exhaustion Disorder: A 4.5-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2026Trial
- Psychological responses to acute exercise in patients with stress-induced exhaustion disorder: a cross-over randomized trial.BMC psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Subjective cognitive complaints in patients with stress-related exhaustion disorder: a cross sectional study.BMC psychology · 2021Trial
- Facilitating Return to Work through a Broader Perspective on Vocational Rehabilitation: Insights from Patients with Stress-Related Disorders.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Voluntary Exercise and Hippocampal Memory Enhancement: Decoding the Molecular Blueprint.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2026Review
- Patients with stress-induced exhaustion disorder and their experiences of physical activity prescription in a group context.Global health action · 2023Article
- Healthcare utilisation among patients with stress-induced exhaustion disorder treated with a multimodal rehabilitation programme - a longitudinal observational study.BMC psychiatry · 2022Observational
- Exhaustion disorder: scoping review of research on a recently introduced stress-related diagnosis.BJPsych open · 2022Article
- Work stress, mental health, and employee performance.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Effects of a work-related stress model based mental health promotion program on job stress, stress reactions and coping profiles of women workers: a control groups study.BMC public health · 2020Article
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- Emerging Issues in Occupational Disease: Mental Health in the Aging Working Population and Cognitive Impairment-A Narrative Review.BioMed research international · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundPatients with stress-related exhaustion suffer from cognitive impairments, which often remain after psychological treatment or work place interventions. It is important to find effective treatments that can address this problem. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects on cognitive performance and psychological variables of a 12-week aerobic training program performed at a moderate-vigorous intensity for patients with exhaustion disorder who participated in a multimodal rehabilitation program.
methodsIn this open-label, parallel, randomized and controlled trial, 88 patients diagnosed with exhaustion disorder participated in a 24-week multimodal rehabilitation program. After 12 weeks in the program the patients were randomized to either a 12-week aerobic training intervention or to a control group with no additional training. Primary outcome measure was cognitive function, and secondary outcome measures were psychological health variables and aerobic capacity.
resultsIn total, 51% patients in the aerobic training group and 78% patients in the control group completed the intervention period. The aerobic training group significantly improved in maximal oxygen uptake and episodic memory performance. No additional improvement in burnout, depression or anxiety was observed in the aerobic group compared with controls.
conclusionAerobic training at a moderate-vigorous intensity within a multimodal rehabilitation program for patients with exhaustion disorder facilitated episodic memory. A future challenge would be the clinical implementation of aerobic training and methods to increase feasibility in this patient group.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03073772 . Retrospectively registered 21 February 2017.
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