Aims: To assess the effectiveness of exercise-based interventions in smoking cessation. Design: A systematic review was conducted of articles published between 1980 and 1999. The review focused on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in which the specific effects of exercise on smoking abstinen...

Aims: To assess the effectiveness of exercise-based interventions in smoking cessation. Design: A systematic review was conducted of articles published between 1980 and 1999. The review focused on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in which the specific effects of exercise on smoking abstinen...

OBJECTIVES: To assess the evidence for the effects of physical training on pulmonary function, symptoms, cardiopulmonary fitness, and quality of life in subjects with asthma. METHODS: A search was conducted for randomised controlled trials of subjects with asthma undertaking physical training us...

Background. There is a progressive decline in the functional capacity (FC) of the cardiovascular system with aging. This deterioration is reflected in a decrease in the maximal oxygen consumption ((V) over dot O(2)max). The purpose of this quantitative review was to determine the effects of vario...

OBJECTIVES: To systematically review and synthesize the available evidence on the efficacy of the ketogenic diet in reducing seizure frequency for children with refractory epilepsy. DATA SOURCES: Medline searches were performed using the keywords epilepsy/therapy, dietary therapy, and epilepsy, a...

A review of the literature uncovered 17 studies that have employed a randomized control design to investigate the efficacy of behavioral self-control training for problem drinking. A meta-analysis of these 17 studies showed that behavioral self-control training was superior to no intervention and...

Abstract Aromatherapy is becoming increasingly popular; however there are few clear indications for its use. To systematically review the literature on aromatherapy in order to discover whether any clinical indication may be recommended for its use, computerised literature searches were performe...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of behavioral interventions for adolescents with type 1 diabetes based on a systematic review of the literature. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The literature was identified by searching 11 electronic databases, hand-searching 3 journals from their start dat...

Background: Behavioural treatment is commonly used in the management of chronic low-back pain (CLBP) to reduce disability through modification of maladaptive pain behaviours and cognitive processes. Three behavioural approaches are generally distinguished: operant, cognitive, and respondent; but ...

Study design: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Summary of background data: The treatment of chronic low back pain is not primarily focused on removing an underlying organic disease but at the reduction of disability through the modification of environmental contingencies an...