Nearly 200 studies have examined the impact that either acute or long-term exercise has upon cognition. Subsets of these studies have been reviewed using the traditional narrative method, and the common conclusion has been that the results are mixed. Therefore, a more comprehensive review i...

A meta-analysis was done to measure the effect of physical activity on the bone mass of healthy postmenopausal women. All studies published between 1966 and 1996, in French or English, were reviewed for inclusion from Medline search, bibliographies of relevant studies, review articles and books. ...

In the last decades, several therapies for unipolar depression have been developed, for example cognitive therapy, behavior therapy and pharmacotherapy. A new kind of therapy is bibliotherapy. What is new in this treatment modality is not the content, because bibliotherapy usually uses a cognitiv...

This study provides a meta-analytic review of controlled trials examining cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and pharrnacotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Thirty-five studies, published or presented between 1974 and January 1996, were identified, and provided 61 separate treatm...

BACKGROUND: Health claims regarding the cholesterol-lowering effect of soluble fiber from oat products, approved by food standards agencies worldwide, are based on a diet containing ≥3 g/d of oat β-glucan (OBG). Given the number of recently published randomized controlled trials (RCTs), it is imp...

Objective: A meta-analytic review of outcome studies of group treatment for sexually abused children and adolescents was conducted to establish a quantitative measure of group treatment effectiveness for this population. Method: The psychological literature was searched for studies which met ...

A meta-analysis was performed to systematically assess the effect of cognitive-behavioral treatments for bulimia. To protect against past criticisms of meta-analyses, this study focused on well-defined hypotheses with clearly articulated conceptual foundations. Twenty-six studies of the cognitive...