The Effect of Exercise on Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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(2016) The effect of exercise on depressive symptoms in adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 55 (7). pp. 580-590. ISSN 1527-5418Access from the University of Nottingham repository: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35399/1/CarterMorresMeadeCallaghan_Systematic %20review.pdf Copyright and reuse:The Nottingham ePrints service makes this work by researchers of the University of Nottingham available open access under the following conditions. This article is made available under the University of Nottingham End User licence and may be reused according to the conditions of the licence. For more details see: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/end_user_agreement.pdf A note on versions:The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the repository url above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription.For more information, please contact eprints@nottingham.ac.uk Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry M A N U S C R I P T A C C E P T E D ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 2 AbstractObjective: The purpose of this review was to examine the treatment effect of physical exercise on depressive symptoms for adolescents aged 13-17 years. Method: A systematic search of seven electronic databases identified relevant randomised controlled trials.Following removal of duplicates, 543 texts were screened for eligibility. Screening, data extraction, and trial methodological quality assessment (using the Delphi list) were undertaken by two independent researchers. Standardized mean differences were used for

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