Exercise

Evidence-graded topics and articles tagged Exercise.

Topics

• Balance Training — Balance and functional exercise probably reduces falls in older adults, by about a quarter in large reviews.
• Caffeine — Caffeine reliably sharpens attention when people are short of sleep and modestly speeds up endurance exercise.
• Cold Water Immersion — Cold water immersion eases delayed-onset muscle soreness and perceived fatigue over 24 to 96 hours after strenuous exercise.
• Dancing — Dancing is linked to better balance, mobility and mood in older adults, but trials disagree on whether it prevents falls.
• Exercise and mental health — Exercise eases depression symptoms in randomised trials, and active people are less likely to develop depression.
• Foam Rolling — Foam rolling may ease muscle soreness after exercise, with a small effect that shows up mainly after 24 hours.
• Heat Therapy — Heat wraps may ease acute back pain and muscle soreness after exercise for a short time.
• Isometric Exercise — Isometric exercise — holding a contraction without moving, such as a handgrip squeeze or a wall sit — lowers resting blood pressure: pooled trials find drops o…
• Pilates — Pilates eases chronic low back pain more than minimal treatment, according to several reviews of randomised trials.
• Spinal Manipulation — Spinal manipulation eases back pain and improves function by modest amounts, with results similar to recommended treatments for chronic back pain.
• Swimming — Swimming and other water exercise lower blood pressure in trials — systolic pressure falls by roughly 4 to 9 mmHg, with the biggest drops in people who already…