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ReviewFrontiers in psychology2021

The Association Between Regular Physical Exercise, Sleep Patterns, Fasting, and Autophagy for Healthy Longevity and Well-Being: A Narrative Review.

Sicheng Min, Bojan Masanovic, Te Bu, Radenko M Matic, Ivan Vasiljevic, Marina Vukotic, Jiaomu Li, Jovan Vukovic, Tao Fu, Blazo Jabucanin and 2 more

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Review in Frontiers in psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Sicheng MinCollege of Physical Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Bojan MasanovicFaculty for Sport and Physical Education, University of Montenegro, Niksic, Montenegro.
Te BuCollege of Physical Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Radenko M MaticFaculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Ivan VasiljevicFaculty for Sport and Physical Education, University of Montenegro, Niksic, Montenegro.
Marina VukoticFaculty for Sport and Physical Education, University of Montenegro, Niksic, Montenegro.
Jiaomu LiCollege of Physical Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Jovan VukovicFaculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Tao FuCollege of Exercise and Health Sciences, Tianjin University of Sport, Tianjin, China.
Blazo JabucaninFaculty for Sport and Physical Education, University of Montenegro, Niksic, Montenegro.
Rajko BujkovicFaculty of Business Studies, Mediterranean University, Podgorica, Montenegro.
Stevo PopovicFaculty for Sport and Physical Education, University of Montenegro, Niksic, Montenegro.
University of Montenegro · MEHunan Normal University · CNUniversity of Novi Sad · RSChangsha Normal University · CNMediterranean University · METianjin University of Sport · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This narrative review of the literature assessed whether regular physical exercise and sleep patterns, fasting and autophagy, altogether can be an adequate strategy for achieving healthy longevity and well-being within different stage of life. There are a large number of studies dealing with well-being and healthy longevity; however, few of them have given us a specific formula for how to live long and healthy. Despite all the advances that have been made to create adequate physical exercise programs, sleep patterns or nutritional protocols, the relation between different types of fasting, nutritional supplementation as well as regular physical exercise and sleep patterns have not yet been satisfactorily resolved to cause the best effects of autophagy and, therefore, well-being and healthy longevity. In this way, future studies should clarify more efficiently the relationship between these variables to understand the association between regular physical exercise, sleep patterns, fasting and autophagy for healthy longevity and well-being.

Indexed as

autophagyexercisefastinghealthlongevitysleepwell-being

Identifiers

PMID34925198
PMCPMC8674197
OpenAlexW3216129034

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