Trial reportAfrican health sciences2021
Aerobic versus resistance exercises on systemic inflammation and sleep parameters in obese subjects with chronic insomnia syndrome.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Lifestyle intervention to improve sleep quality in Chinese college students: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Global trends and hotspots in exercise therapy for insomnia research: bibliometric and visual analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of exercise therapy on pain, fatigue, bone function and inflammatory biomarkers individuals with rheumatoid arthritis and knee osteoarthritis: a meta-research review of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- The relationship between serum inflammatory cytokine levels and subjective sleep quality in chronic insomnia disorder.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Prestroke sleep and stroke: a narrative review.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Review
- Association of Insomnia, Lipid Profile, and Lipid-Lowering Medications: A Narrative Review.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- The effects of different training programs on sleep and academic performance of senior high school boy students: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Sleep Disorders in Connective Tissue Diseases-Coexisting Diseases or Disease Components?Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Role of exercise in reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases associated with sleep disorders.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2024Review
- Establishment of a chronic insomnia rat model of sleep fragmentation using unstable platforms surrounded by water.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2023Article
- Patterns of sedentary behaviour in adults with acute insomnia derived from actigraphy data.PloS one · 2023Article
- A nationally representative study of aerobic activity and strength training in older cancer survivors and their psychological distress and sleep difficulties.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundChronic primary insomnia is a prevalent sleep disorder that is associated with adverse effects on health outcomes. Exercise is often considered a non-pharmacological approach that could have beneficial effects on sleep.
objectiveThe aim of the study was to compare the impact of aerobic and resistance exercise training on quality of sleep and inflammatory markers among subjects with chronic primary insomnia. MATERIAL AND
methodsSixty previously sedentary subjects with chronic primary insomnia subjects enrolled in this study, their age ranged from 31-52 years. All participants were randomly assigned to aerobic exercise intervention group (group A, n=35) or resistance exercise intervention group (group B, n=35). Polysomnographic recordings for sleep quality assessment, IL-6, IL-10 and TNF-α were measured before and at the end of the study after six months.
resultsThere was a significant increase in the total sleep duration, sleep efficiency, sleep onset latency and IL-10 in group(A) and group (B) in addition to significant reduction in awake time after sleep onset, REM latency, IL-6 and TNF-α after 6 months of aerbic and resistance exercise training. However, there were significant differences between both groups at the end of the study.
conclusionAerobic exercise training is more appropriately than resistance exercise training in modulation of inflammatory and sleep quality among subjects with chronic primary insomnia.
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