Exercise as treatment for alcohol use disorders: Systematic review and meta-analysis

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 2017, Pages 1058-1064

  Hallgren, Mats ^a   Vancampfort, Davy ^b   Giesen, Esther S ^c   Lundin, Andreas ^a   Stubbs, Brendon ^d,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Exercise; Fitness; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT DROPOUT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85011017838     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096814     Document Type: Review

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