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ReviewSports (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Physical Activity and Sports-Real Health Benefits: A Review with Insight into the Public Health of Sweden.

Christer Malm, Johan Jakobsson, Andreas Isaksson

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Review in Sports (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 200 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

200 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Health-related outcomes of youth sport participation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025
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  8. The Risk Factors Associated with Grip Lock Injuries in Artistic Gymnasts: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  10. Psychological Wellbeing in Physical Education and School Sports: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  15. Comparison of Interventional Strategies to Improve Recovery after Eccentric Exercise-Induced Muscle Fatigue.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Christer MalmSports Medicine Unit, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden. christer.malm@umu.se.ORCID 0000-0002-8436-2476
Johan JakobssonSports Medicine Unit, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden. johan.jakobsson@umu.se.ORCID 0000-0002-9816-194X
Andreas IsakssonDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Solna, Sweden. andreas.isaksson@ki.se.

Funding

Swedish Sports Confideration n/a
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Positive effects from sports are achieved primarily through physical activity, but secondary effects bring health benefits such as psychosocial and personal development and less alcohol consumption. Negative effects, such as the risk of failure, injuries, eating disorders, and burnout, are also apparent. Because physical activity is increasingly conducted in an organized manner, sport's role in society has become increasingly important over the years, not only for the individual but also for public health. In this paper, we intend to describe sport's physiological and psychosocial health benefits, stemming both from physical activity and from sport participation per se. This narrative review summarizes research and presents health-related data from Swedish authorities. It is discussed that our daily lives are becoming less physically active, while organized exercise and training increases. Average energy intake is increasing, creating an energy surplus, and thus, we are seeing an increasing number of people who are overweight, which is a strong contributor to health problems. Physical activity and exercise have significant positive effects in preventing or alleviating mental illness, including depressive symptoms and anxiety- or stress-related disease. In conclusion, sports can be evolving, if personal capacities, social situation, and biological and psychological maturation are taken into account. Evidence suggests a dose-response relationship such that being active, even to a modest level, is superior to being inactive or sedentary. Recommendations for healthy sports are summarized.

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adolescentelderlyexercisequality of liferelative age effectstrength and conditioningyouth

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PMID31126126
PMCPMC6572041

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