ArticleTrends in molecular medicine2024
Resistance exercise for anxiety and depression: efficacy and plausible mechanisms.
Article in Trends in molecular medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Effect of Exercise Training on Anxiety Symptoms in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical efficacy of exercise in the treatment of post-COVID-19 syndrome: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of exercise interventions on depressive symptoms in stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of motor anxiety on rehabilitation in elderly stroke patients: A retrospective study.World journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- The effects of cluster-set resistance training on mental health and sleep quality in sedentary young women: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Effectiveness and acceptability of exercise treatments for adults with anxiety disorders: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2026Article
- Anhedonia and PTSD symptom severity profiles differentially influence physical activity volume in trauma-exposed adults.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Effects of Resistance Training on Motor and Cognitive Function in Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Evolution of resistance training in women: History and mechanisms for health and performance.Sports medicine and health science · 2025Review
- Activity and social correlates of physical fitness in Lithuanian schoolchildren.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Single-Bout Strength: Acute Mental Health Responses to Resistance Training in Active Adults.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- 16 weeks of moderate intensity resistance exercise improves strength but is insufficient to alter brain structure in Gulf War Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Associations of Physical Activity and Sleep with Depression, Anxiety, and Loneliness Among U.S. Adults: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.Kansas journal of medicineArticle
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Abstract
Anxiety and depressive symptoms and disorders are prevalent and poorly treated. The salutary benefits of resistance exercise training (RET), a potential alternative therapy, are well established, but mental health effects are understudied. This forum article summarizes the most rigorous evidence regarding efficacy of resistance exercise and provides a primer for putative psychobiological mechanisms.
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