Exercise Was Linked to Higher Subjective Wellbeing Across 30,247 Chinese Adults
An analysis of 30,247 Chinese adults across five national survey waves found that people who exercised several times…
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Plasma BDNF Differed by Sex and Sport Contact Level in 120 Teen Athletes
Plasma BDNF tracked with sex, age and sport contact level in 120 uninjured adolescent athletes, but showed no significant link to how many concussions they had already had.
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Organized Youth Sport Participation Rose From 50.4% to 63.4% in 5,027 Slovenian Teens
A nationally representative Slovenian study of 5,027 adolescents found organized sport participation climbed from 50.4% to 63.4% across…
Community Exercise Programs Were Linked to 62% Higher Odds of Meeting Activity Targets
A narrative review published October 30 pooled 64 controlled studies and 98,919 participants, finding community exercise programs were…
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Preoperative Exercise Training Did Not Increase Surgery Rates in 207-Patient Trial
A randomized trial in 207 patients with gastroesophageal cancer found that twice-weekly supervised exercise before surgery did not increase the share who reached curative resection.
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3,751 Children Showed No Activity Gain From a 6-Month Preschool Activity Policy
46% of 288 Older Adults Were High Responders for Knee Strength in 12-Month Trial
Two Sets of Wearable Metrics Agreed on Only 46% of 984 Adults in Singapore Study
Becoming Active After 50 Was Linked to 42% Less Functional Decline in 112,855 Adults
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More Weekly Activity Was Linked to Slower Parkinson Decline in 294-Person Study
A seven-year Neurology study of 294 people with Parkinson disease found that reporting more than eight hours of weekly activity tracked with…
Body Fat Percentage Was Linked to Lower Motor Fitness in 306 Croatian Children
Body fat percentage was the body-composition measure most strongly associated with composite motor fitness in 306 Croatian children aged nine to eleven,…
Knee Ligament Injury Knowledge Was Linked to Better Prevention in 500 Adults
A cross-sectional survey of 500 sports participants in Chongqing, China found that higher self-perceived knee ligament knowledge went with more positive attitudes…
T-Wave Inversions Were Found in 4% of Athletes in 258,954-Person Review
A systematic review of 115 studies covering 258,954 people found t-wave inversions in about 4% of athletes older than 16, more often…
Exercise Was Linked to Less Pain Catastrophizing Across 43 Randomized Trials
A review of 43 randomized trials found exercise was linked to less pain catastrophizing in adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain, though certainty…
Exercise Access Was Linked to 11% Lower Heart, Kidney and Metabolic Deaths in 3,028 Counties
A county-level analysis of 3,028 US counties reports that better exercise access was associated with about 11% lower cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic mortality, with the…
One Isometric Exercise Session a Week Held a 6.56 mmHg Blood Pressure Drop in Trial
A randomized trial in 100 adults found that cutting isometric wall-squat sessions to once a week kept most of a four-week blood…
Exercise Was Linked to Small Drops in Inflammatory Biomarkers Across 21 Reviews
An umbrella review of 21 earlier reviews found exercise linked to small, very-low-certainty reductions in inflammatory biomarkers, with interleukin 6 still unresolved.
Activity and Diet Were Linked to 49% Lower Diabetes Risk at High Genetic Risk
A UK Biobank analysis of 56,964 adults found meeting the 150-minute activity guideline was linked to 39% lower type 2 diabetes risk…
Exercise-Related Injuries Reached an Estimated 5.49 Million in 12-Year US Review
A 12-year analysis of US emergency department records estimates 21.8 million sports and recreation injuries, with exercise equipment the largest category and…
Weekend Warrior Exercise Was Linked to 28% Lower Colitis Risk in 95,197 Adults
A UK Biobank cohort of 95,197 adults linked weekend warrior exercise schedules to fewer new ulcerative colitis diagnoses, with an adjusted hazard…
Higher Cardiometabolic Risk Was Linked to Both Desk and Physical Jobs in 1,233 Workers
A cross-sectional study of 1,233 Japanese workers found that both highly sedentary days and physically demanding jobs tracked higher cardiometabolic risk than…