Trial reportJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2019
Effects of an Acute Bout of Light-Intensity Walking on Sleep in Older Women With Sleep Impairment: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Pooled it
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- Physical activity for insomnia: a scoping review within the Nursing Science Precision Health model.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Effects of Acute Aerobic ExerciseSleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2025Article
- Treatment Modalities for Insomnia in Adults Aged 55 and Older: A Systematic Review of Literature from 2018 to 2023.Current sleep medicine reports · 2024Article
- Insomnia symptoms and related factors in a community-based population: The Yamagata Cohort study.Heliyon · 2024Article
- The effect of physical activity on sleep disturbance in various populations: a scoping review of randomized clinical trials.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Article
- Testing the sleep hygiene recommendation against nighttime exercise.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2021Article
- The role of exercise-induced peripheral factors in sleep regulation.Molecular metabolism · 2020Review
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Abstract
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objectivesThis study aimed to explore the effects of a single bout of light-intensity walking on sleep in older women with mild sleep impairment.
methodsA total of 40 women aged 55 years or older with mild sleep impairment were randomized to either a treadmill walking session for 50 minutes or a quiet-rest control. All participants completed the study (mean age: 60.4 ± 4.7 years). Sleep quality was assessed by ActiGraph for 2 nights before (pretest) and 2 nights after exercise (posttest). A mixed-design analysis of variance was used with group as the between-subjects factor and time point as the within-subjects factor.
resultsNo significant group difference in demographic variables, body mass index, physical and mental status, and eight sleep parameters were observed at baseline. Significant group-time interactions existed for sleep latency (
conclusionsA single session of light-intensity walking led to a modest reduction in sleep latency and improvement of sleep efficiency in older women with mild sleep impairment.
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