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Exercise as medicine for depressive symptoms? A systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression

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  • Andreas Heissel Social and Preventive Medicine, Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Intra faculty unit "Cognitive Sciences", Faculty of Human Science and Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, Research Area Services Research and e-Health, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Darlene Heinen Social and Preventive Medicine, Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Intra faculty unit "Cognitive Sciences", Faculty of Human Science and Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, Research Area Services Research and e-Health, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Luisa Leonie Brokmeier Social and Preventive Medicine, Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Intra faculty unit "Cognitive Sciences", Faculty of Human Science and Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, Research Area Services Research and e-Health, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nora Skarabis Social and Preventive Medicine, Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Intra faculty unit "Cognitive Sciences", Faculty of Human Science and Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, Research Area Services Research and e-Health, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Maria Kangas School of Psychological Sciences, Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Davy Vancampfort Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Brendon Stubbs Physiotherapy Department, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Joseph Firth Division of Psychology and Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK; NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Westmead Australia; Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Philip B Ward Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney New South Wales, Australia; Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, UNSW, Liverpool BC, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Simon Rosenbaum School of Psychiatry, UNSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mats Hallgren Epidemiology of Psychiatric Conditions, Substance use and Social Environment (EPiCSS), Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute Solna, Solna, Sverige, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Felipe Schuch Department of Sports Methods and Techniques, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Providencia, Chile PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Andreas Heissel, Sport and Health Sciences, Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; andreas.heissel{at}uni-potsdam.de
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Heissel A, Heinen D, Brokmeier LL, et al
Exercise as medicine for depressive symptoms? A systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2023;57:1049-1057.

Publication history

  • Accepted January 11, 2023
  • First published February 1, 2023.
Online issue publication 
July 31, 2023

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