Trial reportAfrican health sciences2019
Aerobic exercise modulates cytokine profile and sleep quality in elderly.
Trial report in African health sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05700292 (Effect of High-intensity Interval Training on Low-grade Systemic Inflammation in Obese Young Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 41 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect of High-intensity Interval Training on Low-grade Systemic Inflammation in Obese Young Adults
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effectiveness of aerobic exercise on pain and disability in individuals with neck pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Experimental physiology · 2026Pooled it
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- The effects of acute and chronic exercise on immune markers of TH1/TH2 cells in older adults: a systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of exercise interventions in the improvement of sleep in older adult people: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of different types of exercise on sleep quality based on Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index in middle-aged and older adults: a network meta-analysis.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Pooled it
- A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Different Exercise Modes on Inflammatory Response in the Elderly.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Sleep Quality, Metabolic Function, Physical Activity, and Neurocognition Among Individuals with Resistant Hypertension.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2023Trial
- Resistance Training Improves Sleep and Anti-Inflammatory Parameters in Sarcopenic Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Effect of six weeks 1000 mg/day vitamin C supplementation and healthy training in elderly women on genes expression associated with the immune response - a randomized controlled trial.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2021Trial
- Biological mechanisms of different exercise modalities in improving sleep disorders: A review.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2026Review
- The effects of aerobic exercise on sleep quality in older adults with sleep problems: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Physical exercise as a modulator of the sleep-obesity interaction: metabolic, neuroendocrine and circadian mechanisms.Frontiers in sleep · 2026Review
- Physical activity for insomnia: a scoping review within the Nursing Science Precision Health model.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Predicting Sleep Quality Based on Metabolic, Body Composition, and Physical Fitness Variables in Aged People: Exploratory Analysis with a Conventional Machine Learning Model.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Impact of aerobic exercise on chronic inflammation in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Association between different modes of physical activity and sleep disorders in young and middle-aged adults: a population-based study.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Association between physical activity across diversed domains and sedentary behavior with sleep disorders.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Inflammatory state moderates response to cannabis on negative affect and sleep quality in individuals with anxiety.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
- Long-Term Physical Activity Mitigates Inflammaging Progression in Older Adults Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Treatment Modalities for Insomnia in Adults Aged 55 and Older: A Systematic Review of Literature from 2018 to 2023.Current sleep medicine reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundSleep disturbance is a major problem for older adults which can be exacerbated by increased inflammation as aging is associated with increased circulating pro-inflammatory and lower anti-inflammatory cytokines. There is a need to develop alternative medicine techniques to help improve sleep quality in the elderly.
objectiveTo investigate the effects of aerobic exercise training on the sleep quality and inflammatory cytokines in elderly subjects. MATERIAL AND
methodsForty previously sedentary elderly subjects participated in this study, their age ranged from 61- 67 years. All subjects were randomly assigned to supervised aerobic exercise intervention group (group A, n=25) or control group (group B, n=25). Polysomnographic recordings for sleep quality assessment, interleukin- 6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor- alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) were measured before and after 6 months at the end of the study.
resultsThere was a significant increase in total sleep duration, sleep efficiency and sleep onset latency in group(A) after 6 months of aerobic exercise training, while, wake time after sleep onset and rapid eye movement (REM) latency significantly reduced after 6 months of aerobic training compared with values obtained prior to aerobic exercise training. Also, the mean values of TNF- α and IL-6 decreased significantly and the mean value of IL-10 significantly increased in group (A) after the aerobic exercise training, however the results of the control group were not significant. Moreover, there were significant differences between both groups at the end of the study.
conclusionExercise training can be considered as a non-pharmacological modality for modifying sleep quality and inflammation among elderly.
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