TY - JOUR
T1 - Can regular physical exercise be a treatment for panic disorder? A systematic review
AU - Machado, Sergio
AU - Telles, George
AU - Magalhaes, Franklin
AU - Teixeira, Diogo
AU - Amatriain-Fernández, Sandra
AU - Budde, Henning
AU - Imperatori, Claudio
AU - Murillo-Rodriguez, Eric
AU - Monteiro, Diogo
AU - Telles Correia, Diogo
AU - Sá Filho, Alberto Souza
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Introduction: In the last few decades, exercise has been explored as a potential tool to reduce symptoms experienced by patients with panic disorder (PD). This systematic review aims to assess the effects of regular exercise interventions on panic severity, global anxiety, and depression symptoms of these patients. Areas covered: A search was conducted on PubMed, ISI Web of Science, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials using search terms related to PD and exercise. Eight trials were included, Furthermore, regular exercise programs presented different methodological characteristics. There is o clear evidence indicating that regular exercise programs (at least two 20-minute sessions per week for at least 6 weeks) reduce panic-related symptoms. Regular exercise is effective in improving global anxiety measures and depression. Expert opinion: Continuous aerobic exercise is the main type of intervention in the literature, generally providing a limited prescription. Currently, it is recommended the interval training, with intense and shorter stimuli, and long-term duration trials. However, despite the use of self-selected intensities and control based on the internal load be interesting as recommendation to increase adherence, careful is needed regarding training prescription due to scarce evidence.
AB - Introduction: In the last few decades, exercise has been explored as a potential tool to reduce symptoms experienced by patients with panic disorder (PD). This systematic review aims to assess the effects of regular exercise interventions on panic severity, global anxiety, and depression symptoms of these patients. Areas covered: A search was conducted on PubMed, ISI Web of Science, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials using search terms related to PD and exercise. Eight trials were included, Furthermore, regular exercise programs presented different methodological characteristics. There is o clear evidence indicating that regular exercise programs (at least two 20-minute sessions per week for at least 6 weeks) reduce panic-related symptoms. Regular exercise is effective in improving global anxiety measures and depression. Expert opinion: Continuous aerobic exercise is the main type of intervention in the literature, generally providing a limited prescription. Currently, it is recommended the interval training, with intense and shorter stimuli, and long-term duration trials. However, despite the use of self-selected intensities and control based on the internal load be interesting as recommendation to increase adherence, careful is needed regarding training prescription due to scarce evidence.
KW - Anxiety
KW - depression
KW - exercise
KW - panic attack
KW - panic disorder
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U2 - 10.1080/14737175.2021.2005581
DO - 10.1080/14737175.2021.2005581
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35077254
AN - SCOPUS:85123826690
SN - 1473-7175
VL - 22
SP - 53
EP - 64
JO - Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
JF - Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
IS - 1
ER -