Effects of mindful and non‐mindful exercises on people with depression: A systematic review

Tsang, Hector W.H.; Chan, Edward P; Cheung, Wai Ming

doi:10.1348/014466508x279260

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“…By encouraging mindfulness and offering a method to address the current mood, participants reported that their confidence increased as they progressed through the study. Physical activity can be highly effective at decreasing depression but it can be difficult for depressed individuals to immediately move into an active routine (Dunn, Trivedi, Kampert, Clark, & Chambliss, 2005; Larun, Nordheim, Ekeland, Hagen, & Heian, 2006; Tsang, Chan, & Cheung, 2008); the intervention was designed such that the yoga movements progressed in difficulty throughout the 8-week intervention, helping individuals feel more competent. The introduction of coping methods for dealing with maladaptive ruminations and for enhancing a sense of competence is imperative for diminishing symptoms of depression in women (Smith & Alloy, 2009).…”

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“A Feeling of Connectedness”: Perspectives on a Gentle Yoga Intervention for Women with Major Depression

Kinser

Bourguignon

Taylor

et al. 2013

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most common and debilitating health conditions in women in the United States and worldwide. Many women with MDD seek out complementary therapies for their depressive symptoms, either as an adjunct or alternative to the usual care. The purpose of this study is to understand the experiences of women with a yoga intervention in relation to their depression. The findings from this interpretive phenomenological study are derived from interviews with and daily logs by 12 women with MDD who took part in an 8-week gentle yoga intervention as part of a larger parent randomized, controlled trial. Results show that the women’s experience of depression involved stress, ruminations, and isolation. In addition, their experience of yoga was that it served as a self-care technique for the stress and ruminative aspects of depression and that it served as a relational technique facilitating connectedness and shared experiences in a safe environment. Future long-term research is warranted to evaluate these concepts as potential mechanisms for the effects of yoga for depression.

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“A Feeling of Connectedness”: Perspectives on a Gentle Yoga Intervention for Women with Major Depression

Kinser

Bourguignon

Taylor

et al. 2013

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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“…They found that the factors associated with depressive symptoms were: high levels of job stress, problem drinking, insufficient sleep, lack of social support and absence of stress reduction techniques over both genders, such as lack of physical exercise and sedentary lifestyle. A wide range of studies have shown that regular physical exercise reduces stress symptoms, mood disorder, anxiety and depressiveness (Broman-Fulks and Storey 2008;Janisse et al 2004;Smith et al 2007;Tsang et al 2008;Wang et al 2010). Acute resistance exercise induced catecholaminergic rather than HPA axis stimulation (Fatouros et al 2010).…”

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Influence of Physical Exercise on Traumatic Brain Injury Deficits: Scaffolding Effect

Archer

2011

Neurotox Res

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) may be due to a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts normal brain function; it presents an ever-growing, serious public health problem that causes a considerable number of fatalities and cases of permanent disability annually. Physical exercise restores the healthy homeostatic regulation of stress, affect and the regulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Physical activity attenuates or reverses the performance deficits observed in neurocognitive tasks. It induces anti-apoptotic effects and buttresses blood-brain barrier intactness. Exercise offers a unique non-pharmacologic, non-invasive intervention that incorporates different regimes, whether dynamic or static, endurance, or resistance. Exercise intervention protects against vascular risk factors that include hypertension, diabetes, cellular inflammation, and aortic rigidity. It induces direct changes in cerebrovasculature that produce beneficial changes in cerebral blood flow, angiogenesis and vascular disease improvement. The improvements induced by physical exercise regimes in brain plasticity and neurocognitive performance are evident both in healthy individuals and in those afflicted by TBI. The overlap and inter-relations between TBI effects on brain and cognition as related to physical exercise and cognition may provide lasting therapeutic benefits for recovery from TBI. It seems likely that some modification of the notion of scaffolding would postulate that physical exercise reinforces the adaptive processes of the brain that has undergone TBI thereby facilitating the development of existing networks, albeit possibly less efficient, that compensate for those lost through damage.

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“…Less research has evaluated mechanisms that may contribute to improvements in non-motor function. TCQ related improvements in depression and anxiety have been hypothesized to be related to modest cardiovascular loading, breathing and imagery related changes in autonomic tone, cognitive restructuring leading to reduced rumination and catastrophizing, and indirect effects of enhanced motor confidence and enhanced self-efficacy [11, 31–33]. These mechanisms, as well as multi-tasking and attention shifting training associated with TCQ, have been hypothesized to contribute to enhanced cognitive function [34], and some studies have reported correlations between TCQ-related improvements in cognitive function and brain neural architecture and resting state neural network activity [35, 36].…”

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The impact of Tai Chi and Qigong mind-body exercises on motor and non-motor function and quality of life in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Song

Grabowska

Park

et al. 2017

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders

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Purpose To systematically evaluate and quantify the effects of Tai Chi/Qigong (TCQ) on motor (UPDRS III, balance, falls, Timed-Up-and-Go, and 6-Minute Walk) and non-motor (depression and cognition) function, and quality of life (QOL) in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Methods A systematic search on 7 electronic databases targeted clinical studies evaluating TCQ for individuals with PD published through August 2016. Meta-analysis was used to estimate effect sizes (Hedge’s g) and publication bias for randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Methodological bias in RCTs was assessed by two raters. Results Our search identified 21 studies, 15 of which were RCTs with a total of 755 subjects. For RCTs, comparison groups included no treatment (n=7, 47%) and active interventions (n=8, 53%). Duration of TCQ ranged from 2 to 6 months. Methodological bias was low in 6 studies, moderate in 7, and high in 2. Fixed-effect models showed that TCQ was associated with significant improvement on most motor outcomes (UPDRS III [ES=-0.444, p<.001], balance [ES=0.544, p<.001], Timed-Up-and-Go [ES=−0.341, p=.005], 6MW [ES=−0.293, p=.06]), falls [ES=−.403, p=.004], as well as depression [ES=−0.457, p=.008] and QOL [ES=−0.393, p<.001], but not cognition [ES= −0.225, p=.477]). I2 indicated limited heterogeneity. Funnel plots suggested some degree of publication bias. Conclusion Evidence to date supports a potential benefit of TCQ for improving motor function, depression and QOL for individuals with PD, and validates the need for additional large-scale trials.

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Effects of mindful and non‐mindful exercises on people with depression: A systematic review

Cited by 84 publications

References 55 publications

“A Feeling of Connectedness”: Perspectives on a Gentle Yoga Intervention for Women with Major Depression

“A Feeling of Connectedness”: Perspectives on a Gentle Yoga Intervention for Women with Major Depression

Influence of Physical Exercise on Traumatic Brain Injury Deficits: Scaffolding Effect

The impact of Tai Chi and Qigong mind-body exercises on motor and non-motor function and quality of life in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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