Exercise as medicine for depressive symptoms? A systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression

Andreas Heissel, Darlene Heinen, Luisa Leonie Brokmeier, Nora Skarabis, Maria Kangas, Davy Vancampfort, Brendon Stubbs, Joseph Firth, Philip B Ward, Simon Rosenbaum, Mats Hallgren, Felipe Schuch

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DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106282
Published: 2023-02-01
Container: British Journal of Sports Medicine
Publisher: BMJ
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bjsports-2022-106282,
  title = {Exercise as medicine for depressive symptoms? A systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression},
  author = {Andreas Heissel and Darlene Heinen and Luisa Leonie Brokmeier and Nora Skarabis and Maria Kangas and Davy Vancampfort and Brendon Stubbs and Joseph Firth and Philip B Ward and Simon Rosenbaum and Mats Hallgren and Felipe Schuch},
  year = {2023},
  journal = {British Journal of Sports Medicine},
  doi = {10.1136/bjsports-2022-106282},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2022-106282}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Exercise as medicine for depressive symptoms? A systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression
AU  - Andreas Heissel
AU  - Darlene Heinen
AU  - Luisa Leonie Brokmeier
AU  - Nora Skarabis
AU  - Maria Kangas
AU  - Davy Vancampfort
AU  - Brendon Stubbs
AU  - Joseph Firth
AU  - Philip B Ward
AU  - Simon Rosenbaum
AU  - Mats Hallgren
AU  - Felipe Schuch
PY  - 2023
JO  - British Journal of Sports Medicine
DO  - 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106282
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Heissel, A., Heinen, D., Brokmeier, L. L., Skarabis, N., Kangas, M., Vancampfort, D., Stubbs, B., Firth, J., Ward, P. B., Rosenbaum, S., Hallgren, M., & Schuch, F. (2023). Exercise as medicine for depressive symptoms? A systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression. British Journal of Sports Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2022-106282

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