ReviewCureus2022
Physical Activity Status and Diabetic Retinopathy: A Review.
Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Clinical guidelines on physical activity and exercise therapy for Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes: A clinical practice guideline from the Chinese Society of Endocrinology.Journal of sport and health science · 2026Guideline
- Tissue-Specific Angiogenic Responses to Exercise: Mechanisms and Research Advances.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Where You Live Shapes Diabetes Risk: Multilevel Determinants of Type 2 Diabetes in the East South Central United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Efficacy of device-measured physical activity on cardiometabolic outcomes among individuals with abnormal glucose tolerance in Ghana: A pilot randomized controlled trial.Global epidemiology · 2026Article
- Effects of a device-measured physical activity intervention on visual outcomes, including contrast sensitivity, and glycaemic control in individuals with abnormal glucose tolerance: a pilot randomised trial post-CarMeR study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- Exerkines in diabetic retinopathy: from mechanisms to therapeutic prospects.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- Determinants of Spousal Loneliness Among Caregivers for Patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Article
- Effects of physical activity on visual outcomes among type 2 diabetes patients: protocol for a scoping review of randomized controlled trials.Systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Low Vision Rehabilitation and Eye Exercises: A Comprehensive Guide to Tertiary Prevention of Diabetic Retinopathy.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Hemoglobin mediates the link between the 'weekend warrior' physical activity pattern and diabetic retinopathy.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the Effect of Psychological Resilience on Anxiety in Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy Through the Mediating Effect of Perceived Stress: A Moderated Mediation Model.Psychology research and behavior management · 2025Article
- Diabetes Eye Disease Sufferers and Non-Sufferers Are Differentiated by Sleep Hours, Physical Activity, Diet, and Demographic Variables: A CRT Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Identification of Risk Factors for the Development of Diabetic Retinopathy Among Palestinian Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism · 2024Article
- Obesity, body fat distribution and eye diseases.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Review
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- Ocular Manifestations in Head and Neck Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study from a Tertiary Care Centre from South India.Romanian journal of ophthalmologyArticle
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10 authors.
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Abstract
Substantial evidence highlights the association between physical inactivity and diabetes onset and complications. Little is known regarding the link between physical inactivity and diabetic retinopathy in terms of onset, progression, and severity. This review aims to investigate these associations and understand the underlying mechanisms behind these associations. Decreased sedentary times and the inclusion of more physical activity have been linked to the delayed onset and progression of diabetic retinopathy and less severe forms of said condition. Physical activity provides both protective and anti-inflammatory effects on the retina. Further research is needed to understand and elucidate the exact mechanisms by which lack of physical activity affects retinal health and the onset, progression, and severity of diabetic retinopathy.
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