Does a 20-week aerobic exercise training programme increase our capabilities to buffer real-life stressors? A randomized, controlled trial using ambulatory assessment

Haaren, Birte von; Ottenbacher, J.; Muenz, Julia; Neumann, Rainer; Boes, Klaus; Ebner‐Priemer, Ulrich W.

doi:10.1007/s00421-015-3284-8

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“…It seems clear that aerobic exercise of light and moderate intensity prevents stress (Haaren et al, 2016), and this agrees with Hannus (2012) who stated that the motives for energy release and fun had an inverse relationship with exercise dependence. However, what type of exercise would have to be researched, because if subjects who engage in physical activity by releasing energy do so at high intensities and high exercise frequencies, they may be at increased risk of exercise dependence, as seen in other populations (Phelan et al, 2011;Shin and You, 2015) where those who perform a greater amount and intensity of exercise have greater exercise dependence.…”

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confidence: 78%

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2017

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Abstract:Although there is a clear association between physical activity, sport and good health, there are motives for practicing that can have, at the same time, a positive and negative connotation. This paper seeks to discover what motives can lead athletes to suffer exercise dependence and the levels of risk of exercise dependence according to each motive in a sample of 414 athletes. Spanish version of Exercise Dependence Scale-Revised was used for the measurement of exercise dependence. The motives of practice were measured through Spanish reduced version of Participation Motivation Questionnaire. A stepwise linear regression analysis was performed in order to investigate motives for practice that predict dependence. Kruskall-Wallis test was run with the groups of dependency risk to determine differences between the scores acquired from the scale and motives for practice. Data indicated that the model with greater explanatory power integrates release energy and status. Significant differences were found in motive of health/fitness (p = .003), status (p = .007), release energy (p = .012) and competition (p = 0.43). These results offer interesting practical applications. Practice grounds that do not predict dependency such as health, family/peers, or skill development could guide the promotion of sports participation without the risk of suffering exercise dependence. Therefore, this study responds to needs previously recommended to help better understanding of the nature of exercise dependence in general.

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“…Randomized controlled trials studies showed that exercise is an effective method for improving stress symptoms and quality of life also among students. For instance, a 20-week aerobic exercise training reduced psychological stress and physiological stress responses during the academic examination period (end of the semester) in sedentary students (von Haaren et al, 2016). In addition, ex ercise intervention significantly reduced study-related fatigue (emotional exhaustion, overall fatigue, and need for recovery), which is known as an outcome of prolonged study stress (de Vries, van Hooff, Geurts, & Kompier, 2016).…”

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The Effectiveness of Exercise Interventions on Coping with Stress: Research Synthesis

Sharon-David

Tenenbaum

2017

Studies in Sport Humanities

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Stress‐related health issues are associated with mental and physical health decrements, and poor well-being. One intervention that may be useful for stress reduction is exercise. However, the research on exercise-interventions to reduce stress among non-clinical population is scarce. The purpose of the present paper was to systematically review the empirical work on the effectiveness of exercise as a treatment strategy for coping with stress. First, stress definitions and a stress-coping model are presented. Then, findings regarding the influence of exercise-interventions on stress among healthy populations are summarized. In the second half, the psycho-physiological mechanisms which underline the association between exercise and stress are reviewed. Finally, limitations, implications, and overall conclusion are presented. Altogether, the findings suggest that exercise-interventions may be effective in coping with everyday stress among non-clinical population. However, the role of the psycho-physiological mechanisms in the exercise-stress link and their interactions are yet to be established.

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“…There are even other evidences that show aerobic exercises can cause a positive change in the density of neural conveyer in neural system and could have anti stress effects on reducing muscular tension and hormones level [28][29][30]. In another study, von Haeren et al (2016) reported that through affecting automatic neural system, aerobic exercises can reduce the level of stress and anxiety, which endanger the human health, and take a positive step toward reducing anxiety and depression [31].This may happen due to changes in cortisol level during doing aerobic exercises because various studies have reported the impact of aerobic exercise on reducing the level of cortisol and anxiety [32,33].…”

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The Impact of Aerobic and Anaerobic Exercises on the Level of Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Happiness of Non-Athlete Male

Kianian

Kermansaravi

Saber

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Zahedan J Res Med Sci

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Background and Objectives: Exercises bring about health. Therefore, knowing what kind of exercise is more effective in individuals' spirituals health indices is important. Thus, the present study aims at comparing the impact of aerobic and anaerobic exercises on the level of depression, anxiety, stress, and happiness of nonathletic male students. Methods: In this clinical trial study, sample included the nonathletic male students of Zahedan Azad University in 2014. 90 students were selected through convenience sampling and they were divided randomly into two experimental groups (aerobic and anaerobic) and one control group. The aerobic group must do aerobic exercises and the anaerobic group must do anaerobic exercises for a period of 10 weeks (3 sessions a week, each lasted for 60 minutes). The data were collected using DASS-21 questionnaire for measuring the level of depression, anxiety and stress, and Oxford OHI questionnaire for measuring the amount of happiness before and after the intervention. The results were analyzed using statistical tests of MANCOVA in SPSS-13. Results:The results showed that in both aerobic and anaerobic groups the mean score of depression, anxiety, stress and happiness improved after treatment. However, the improve in the mean score of anxiety, stress and happiness was more apparent in the anaerobic group. The results also showed that only stress and happiness resulted in a significant difference in different groups. Conclusions: Both aerobic and anaerobic exercises result in reduction of stress and Anxiety. So it seems necessary to include such exercises in students' daily schedule.

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Does a 20-week aerobic exercise training programme increase our capabilities to buffer real-life stressors? A randomized, controlled trial using ambulatory assessment

Abstract: Using a randomized controlled trial and a real-life stressor, we could show that exercise appears to be a useful preventive strategy to buffer the effects of stress on the autonomic nervous system, which might result into detrimental health outcomes.

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