In patients with depression, aerobic exercise showed a significantly large overall antidepressant effect compared with antidepressant medication and/or psychological therapies.
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‘Supervised aerobic exercise can significantly support major depression treatment in mental health services. ’
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It showed a significantly large overall antidepressant effect compared with antidepressant medication and/or psychological therapies. ![twitter](https://images.medindia.net/icons/news/social/twitter.png)
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Also, aerobic exercise revealed moderate-to-large antidepressant effects among trials with lower risk of bias, as well as large antidepressant effects among trials with short-term interventions (up to 4 weeks) and trials involving preferences for exercise.
Subgroup analyses revealed comparable effects for aerobic exercise across various settings and delivery formats, and in both outpatients and inpatients regardless of symptom severity.
Source-Eurekalert