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SynthesisFrontiers in psychiatry2020

Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses: Exercise Effects on Depression in Children and Adolescents.

Mirko Wegner, Sandra Amatriain-Fernández, Andrea Kaulitzky, Eric Murillo-Rodriguez, Sergio Machado, Henning Budde

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Synthesis in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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71citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
13.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Mirko WegnerInstitute of Sport Science, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Sandra Amatriain-FernándezFaculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.
Andrea KaulitzkyFaculty of Human Sciences, Department of Pedagogy, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Eric Murillo-RodriguezSchool of Medicine, Anahuac Mayab University, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.
Sergio MachadoLaboratory of Physical Activity Neuroscience, Physical Activity Sciences Postgraduate Program, Salgado de Oliveira University, Niterói, Brazil.
Henning BuddeFaculty of Human Sciences, Department of Pedagogy, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University · DEAnahuac Mayab University · MXHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEUniversidade da Coruña · ESUniversidade Salgado de Oliveira · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDepression is a common threat to children and adolescents in terms of affecting psychosocial development and increasing their risk of suicide. Apart from conventional treatments for depression, physical exercise has become a promising alternative. This paper aims to systematically review the existing meta-analyses that focus on the impact of physical exercise on clinical and nonclinical depression in children and adolescents.

methodsA systematic literature search was conducted using PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, MedLine, PubMed, and hand searching. Risk of bias analysis, effect sizes calculations, and evaluation of the methodological characteristics (AMSTAR 2) were carried out.

resultsFour meta-analyses met the inclusion criteria. After analysing the overlap, the total sample contained 30 single studies (mostly including gender mixed samples) and 2,110 participants (age range 5-20 years). The medium duration of the interventions was 11.5 weeks. The sessions had a medium length of 41 min, and the frequency of implementation was three sessions per week. The most implemented intervention type was aerobic exercise, while control groups mainly continued with their regular routine, among other related options. The overall mean effect of physical exercise on depression was medium (

conclusionThe small to medium but consistently positive effects that were found in the present study place physical exercise as a promising and helpful alternative for children and adolescents with clinical and nonclinical depression. The limited literature focused on children and adolescents in comparison with adult samples points to the need for further research.

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adolescentschildrendepressioninterventionphysical exercise

Identifiers

PMID32210847
PMCPMC7068196
OpenAlexW3010385946

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