Exercise as Medicine: PA and Exercise
PA vs. Exercise (Caspersen et al., 1974)
Sleep, work, and leisure.
Intensity
Health Benefits of PA (Pedersen & Saltin, 2015)
Cardiac and respiratory function.
Immune system
Well-being
Muscular strength
Functional ability
Costs of Physical Inactivity (Ding et al., 2016)
Physical inactivity is related to chronic diseases - morbidity and mortality.
Cost to healthcare system.
Loss of productivity - economic cost, particularly in high-income countries.
PA and Chronic Disease (Brawner et al., 2016)
n = 36, 697 non-institutionalised adults in the US.
Self-reported PA
Self-reported chronic disease - e.g., heart diease, asthma and arthritis.
Can exercise be medicine? (Naci & Loannidis, 2011)
YES!
Meta-epidemiological study comparing the effects of exercise with drug treatment.
'Exercise and many drug interventions are often potentially similar in terms of their fatality benefits in secondary prevention.'
Exercise Prescription: Guidelines (Ewing Garber et al., 2011)
Mode
Intensity
Duration
Frequency
Progression of exercise.