Physical activity and sedentary behavior in people with bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Mortality rates are approximately two to three times higher in people with bipolar disorder (BD) than in general population. Lack of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) are independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease and premature mortality.

Aims: We conducted a meta-analysis to investigate PA and SB levels and its predictors in BD.

Exercise improves physical and psychological quality of life in people with depression: A meta-analysis including the evaluation of control group response.

Exercise has established efficacy as an antidepressant in people with depression. However, few meta-analyses have assessed the effects of exercise across different domains of Quality of Life (QoL) in people with depression. Furthermore, there has been no previous meta-analysis of control group response in relation to QoL in exercise trials for depression.

A critical review of exercise as a treatment for clinically depressed adults: time to get pragmatic.

Objective: Although considerable evidence supports the efficacy of exercise as an antidepressant treatment, critical reviews informing routine practice and future research directions are scarce.

Methods: We critically reviewed exercise studies for clinically depressed adults, focussing on the PICOS criteria referred to participants, interventions, comparisons, outcomes, and study designs.

Results: Most studies have not screened their samples for symptom heterogeneity.

[Standards of care for people with rheumatoid arthritis in Europe : Translation and comments of the eumusc.net recommendations supported by EULAR performed by a national task force of the professional organisations DGRh and VRA supported by "Deutsche Rheumaliga"].

In a joint initiative by the boards of the German Society for Rheumatology (DGRh) and the Association of Rheumatology Clinics (VRA) the European "standards of care" for rheumatoid arthritis, recently suggested by the European Musculoskeletal Conditions Surveillance and Information Network (eumusc.net) and supported by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), were translated and annotated. The recommendations include aspects of the management of the disease, actual medical care, and access to information - this includes all types of support people with RA need, and, last but not least communication of the necessary knowledge.

Exercise as a treatment for depression: A meta-analysis adjusting for publication bias.

The effects of exercise on depression have been a source of contentious debate. Meta-analyses have demonstrated a range of effect sizes. Both inclusion criteria and heterogeneity may influence the effect sizes reported.

Moderators of response in exercise treatment for depression: A systematic review.

Introduction: Exercise have antidepressant effects in people with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). However, about to half of patients do not respond to exercise. The identification of factors that moderates the antidepressant effects of exercise in people with MDD may help researchers and health professionals to identify sub-groups of patients that would benefit more from exercise.

Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the PARmed-X for Pregnancy into Brazilian Portuguese.

We describe the translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the PARmed-X for Pregnancy for use in Brazilian Portuguese. The original instrument was developed in English for health screening prior to and guidelines for prenatal exercise. We followed the ten steps according to the Translation and Cultural Adaptation International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research guidelines.

Effects of Nordic walking training on functional parameters in Parkinson's disease: a randomized controlled clinical trial.

We compare the effects of Nordic walking training (NW) and Free walk (FW) on functional parameters (motor symptoms, balance) and functional mobility (Timed Up and Go at Self-selected Speed - TUGSS, and at forced speed, TUGFS; Self-selected Walking Speed, SSW; locomotor rehabilitation index, LRI) of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. The study included 33 patients with clinical diagnosis of idiopathic PD, and staging between 1 and 4 in the Hoehn and Yahr scale (H&Y) randomized into two groups: NW (N = 16) and FW (N = 17) for 6 weeks. Baseline characteristics were compared trough a one-way ANOVA.

Physical activity as a vital sign in patients with schizophrenia: Evidence and clinical recommendations.

Aim: This study investigated whether in patients with schizophrenia the Physical Activity Vital Sign (PAVS) assessment can identify those at higher risk of cardio-metabolic abnormalities.

Methods: One hundred patients with schizophrenia completed the PAVS-questions exploring whether they adhered to the general physical activity recommendations, underwent a full-fasting metabolic screening, and performed a six-minute walk test (6 MWT).

Results: Those who do not adhere to the health recommendations according to the PAVS (n=61) were significantly older (37.

Prevalence and predictors of treatment dropout from physical activity interventions in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis.

Objective: Physical activity interventions have been shown to improve the health of people with schizophrenia, yet treatment dropout poses an important challenge in this population, and rates vary substantially across studies. We conducted a meta-analysis to investigate the prevalence and predictors of treatment dropout in physical activity interventions in people with schizophrenia.

Method: We systematically searched major electronic databases from inception until August 2015.

Challenges Establishing the Efficacy of Exercise as an Antidepressant Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Control Group Responses in Exercise Randomised Controlled Trials.

Background: Whilst previous meta-analyses have demonstrated that control group responses (CGRs) can negatively influence antidepressant efficacy, no such meta-analysis exists in exercise randomised controlled trials (RCTs).

Objective: The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating CGRs and predictors in control groups of exercise RCTs among adults with depression.

Methods: Three authors acquired RCTs from a previous Cochrane review (2013) and conducted updated searches of major databases from January 2013 to August 2015.

Neurobiological effects of exercise on major depressive disorder: A systematic review.

Exercise displays promise as an efficacious treatment for people with depression. However, no systematic review has evaluated the neurobiological effects of exercise among people with major depressive disorder (MDD). The aim of this article was to systematically review the acute and chronic biological responses to exercise in people with MDD.

Dropout from exercise randomized controlled trials among people with depression: A meta-analysis and meta regression.

Objective: Exercise has established efficacy in improving depressive symptoms. Dropouts from randomized controlled trials (RCT's) pose a threat to the validity of this evidence base, with dropout rates varying across studies. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the prevalence and predictors of dropout rates among adults with depression participating in exercise RCT's.

Exercise improves cardiorespiratory fitness in people with depression: A meta-analysis of randomized control trials.

Objective: Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. CRF improves in response to exercise interventions, yet the effectiveness of such interventions to improve CRF among people with depression is unclear. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate whether CRF improves in people with depression in exercise randomized control trials (RCTs).

Prediction of disease relapses by multibiomarker disease activity and autoantibody status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis on tapering DMARD treatment.

Objective: To analyse the role of multibiomarker disease activity (MBDA) score in predicting disease relapses in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in sustained remission who tapered disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) therapy in RETRO, a prospective randomised controlled trial.

Methods: MBDA scores (scale 1-100) were determined based on 12 inflammation markers in baseline serum samples from 94 patients of the RETRO study. MBDA scores were compared between patients relapsing or remaining in remission when tapering DMARDs.

Effects of a single bout of maximal aerobic exercise on BDNF in bipolar disorder: A gender-based response.

Acute exercise increases brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) serum levels in majorly depressed and anxious patients. However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has evaluated the acute effects of exercise on BDNF serum levels in Bipolar Disorder (BD). The objective of the present study was to evaluate the peripheral BDNF serum response to a single maximum session of exercise in BD participants and age- and gender-matched healthy participants.

Relapse rates in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in stable remission tapering or stopping antirheumatic therapy: interim results from the prospective randomised controlled RETRO study.

Objective: To prospectively analyse the risk for disease relapses in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in sustained remission, either continuing, tapering or stopping disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in a prospective randomised controlled trial.

Methods: Reduction of Therapy in patients with Rheumatoid arthritis in Ongoing remission is a multicentre, randomised controlled, parallel-group phase 3 trial evaluating the effects of tapering and stopping all conventional and/or biological DMARDs in patients with RA in stable remission. Patients (disease activity score 28 (DAS28)<2.

Exercise and severe major depression: effect on symptom severity and quality of life at discharge in an inpatient cohort.

Background: Exercise is a potential treatment for depression. However, few studies have evaluated the role of adjunct exercise in the treatment of severely major depressed inpatients. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of add-on exercise on the usual treatment of severely depressed inpatients.

Gustatory and olfactory function in patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's).

Objectives: Recent findings suggest that autoimmune disorders predispose to a diminished capacity to taste and smell. This has been shown for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus as well as for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), with its particular manifestations in the upper respiratory tract, may therefore have an even higher impact on these senses.

Somatic, but not cognitive, symptoms of anxiety predict lower levels of physical activity in panic disorder patients.

Background: Anxiety disorders have gathered much attention as possible risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD), possibly mediated by an unhealthy lifestyle (e.g. low physical activity).

Association between internalizing disorders and day-to-day activities of low energetic expenditure.

The objective of this study is to compare energetic expenditure in day-to-day activities among subjects with internalizing disorders (depression and anxiety), externalizing disorders (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder) and healthy children and adolescents without any psychiatric diagnosis. One hundred and five (n = 105) students from a community sample were evaluated throughout a structured psychiatric interview and categorized into three groups: internalizing (n = 54), externalizing (n = 12) and typically developing controls (TDC, n = 39). Energetic expenditure was evaluated using 3-day physical activity record.

The effects of exercise on oxidative stress (TBARS) and BDNF in severely depressed inpatients.

Exercise can be an effective treatment for depression. Although the efficacy of exercise is well established, little is known concerning the biological changes associated with the antidepressant effects of exercise. A randomized, controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of adding exercise to the usual treatment on the thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) serum levels of severely depressed inpatients.

Water-based exercise and quality of life in women: the role of depressive symptoms.

Several studieshave evaluated the relation of exercise to quality of life (QoL). To our knowledge, no study has evaluated the relation of water-based exercise to depressive symptoms and QoL, or the association between improvement in QoL and depressive symptoms in healthy women. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of water-based exercise with changes in QoL.