Association of efficacy of resistance exercise training with depressive symptoms meta-analysis and meta-regression: Analysis of randomized clinical trials

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 566-576

  Gordon, Brett R ^a   McDowell, Cillian P ^a   Hallgren, Mats ^b   Meyer, Jacob D ^c   Lyons, Mark ^a   Herring, Matthew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCINFO; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESISTANCE TRAINING; SAMPLING ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DEPRESSION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 85048678515     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0572     Document Type: Article

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