ArticleProgress in preventive medicine (New York, N.Y.)2018
Physical Activity and the Development of Substance Use Disorders: Current Knowledge and Future Directions.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Testing the causal relationships of physical activity and sedentary behaviour with mental health and substance use disorders: a Mendelian randomisation study.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
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- Psychological and endocannabinoid responses to aerobic exercise in substance use disorder patients.Substance abuse · 2021Trial
- Identifying vulnerable groups in academic burnout among higher education students: lifestyle and sociodemographic characteristic.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The Effect of Task-Oriented Basketball Training on Motor Skill-Related Fitness in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Mental health and health-related behaviors in Chinese college students: the role of physical education.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Longitudinal description and prediction of physical inactivity among patients with borderline personality disorder and personality-disordered comparison subjects.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2024Article
- Predictors of Substance Use Initiation by Early Adolescence.The American journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Epidemiology of physical activity and sedentary behavior levels among patients entering treatment for substance use disorder in the United States: a descriptive study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Physical and Mental Health in Adolescence: Novel Insights from a transdiagnostic examination of FitBit data in the ABCD Study.Research square · 2023Article
- The Role of Physical Exercise in Opioid Substitution Therapy: Mechanisms of Sequential Effects.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Physical and Recreational Activities, Sedentary Screen Time, Time Spent with Parents and Drug Use in Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The persistence of stress-induced physical inactivity in rats: an investigation of central monoamine neurotransmitters and skeletal muscle oxidative stress.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2023Article
- Examining protective factors for substance use problems and self-harm behavior during adolescence: A longitudinal co-twin control study.Development and psychopathology · 2022Article
- The Impact of Qigong and Tai Chi Exercise on Drug Addiction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Factors related to substance use among adolescents from six low-and middle-income countries.Addictive behaviors reports · 2021Article
- Association between Tobacco Consumption and Problematic Internet Use and the Practice of Physical Activity in Spanish Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- 24-h Movement Guidelines and Substance Use among Adolescents: A School-Based Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Prospective Analysis of Prevalence, Trajectories of Change, and Correlates of Cannabis Misuse in Older Adolescents from Coastal Touristic Regions in Croatia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
Physical activity and exercise are positive health behaviors that have been shown to reduce the risk of physical and psychological diseases. There is a strong rationale that physical activity could be a protective factor against the development of substance use disorders (SUDs), which include some of the most common mental health conditions such as tobacco and alcohol use disorder. This review examined the epidemiological literature to describe the associations of physical activity and substance use across the lifespan. The findings indicated that physical activity is positively associated with current and future alcohol use but negatively associated with tobacco and other drug use, with the strongest support originating from adolescent and young adult samples. Considerably less data exist on physical activity and other drug use in later life. Limitations in previous studies, such as the indeterminate measurement of physical activity and absence of clinical SUD endpoints, should be addressed in future investigations to provide clarity regarding the strength and directions of these relationships among different substances and populations.
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