PURPOSE: Ultrasound is commonly used to measure changes in skeletal muscle morphology in response to both acute and chronic resistance exercise, but little is known on how muscle stiffness changes via ultrasound elastography, which was the purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis. MET...

Behavioral interventions to improve cognitive function in older adults are widespread and can vary from theater classes to cognitive training programs. However, the effectiveness in maintaining different cognitive domains varies greatly both across and within intervention types. To date, no sys...

BACKGROUND: The aim of this systematic review of randomized controlled trials was to compare the effects of aerobic training (AET), resistance training (RT), and combined aerobic and resistance training (CT) on anthropometric parameters, blood lipids, and cardiorespiratory fitness in overweight a...

Obesity management guidelines consistently advise aerobic training for weight loss, whereas recommendations for other training modalities are sparse. This systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) aimed to compare the long-term effects of different training modalities on anthropometri...

BACKGROUND: As the prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases (such as dementia) continues to increase due to population aging, it is mandatory to understand the role of exercise for maintaining/improving brain health. OBJECTIVES: To analyse the impact of aerobic, strength and combined aerobic/str...

We sought to determine the influence of exercise intensity on the release of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in amateur marathon runners. Fourteen runners completed three exercise trials of the same duration but at exercise intensities correspon...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of knee joint loading exercise on articular cartilage in people at risk of, or with established, knee osteoarthritis (OA) by conducting a systematic review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). DESIGN: We followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systemati...

BACKGROUND: Previous systematic reviews have indicated that exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (ExCR) for patients with heart failure (HF) has a beneficial effect on health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) and exercise capacity. However, there is uncertainty regarding potential differential ef...

Background: Despite growing access to effective therapies, asthma control still needs improvement. Many non-drug factors, such as allergens, air pollutants and stress also affect asthma control and patient quality of life, but an overview of the effectiveness of non-drug interventions on asthma ...

目的：循证医学评价有氧运动对睡眠障碍合并症患者睡眠质量的影响。方法：检索中国知网、万方数据平台、 维普网等中文全文数据库，采集中国睡眠障碍患者有氧运动干预的随机对照试验，检索时限均为建库至 2018 年 12 月。 采用 Cochrane 协作网中 RCT 偏倚风险评价标准进行方法学质量评估，采用 RevMan 5.3 软件进行 Meta 分析。结果：共纳 入文献 16 篇，1383 例患者。Meta 分析显示，有氧运动能改善老年睡眠障碍患者的总体睡眠质量（随机效应模型，MD=- 2.78，95%CI=3.46~2.09，P<0.001）；亚组分析显示，有氧运动对血液透析患者、肿...