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BJPsych Open. 2018 Aug 14;4(5):346-351. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2018.45. eCollection 2018 Sep.

Cardiorespiratory fitness and response to exercise treatment in depression.

BJPsych open

Md Shafiqur Rahman, Björg Helgadóttir, Mats Hallgren, Yvonne Forsell, Brendon Stubbs, Davy Vancampfort, Örjan Ekblom

Affiliations

  1. Research Assistant, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
  2. Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet and Division of Insurance Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
  3. Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
  4. Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet and Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Stockholm County Council, Sweden.
  5. Research Physiotherapist, Physiotherapy Department, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Health Service and Population Research Department, King's College London and Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK.
  6. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and University Psychiatric Center, KU Leuven, Belgium.
  7. Associate Professor, Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Åstrand Laboratory of Work Physiology, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Sweden.

PMID: 30140446 PMCID: PMC6094184 DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2018.45

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Exercise improves cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and reduces depressive symptoms in people with depression. It is unclear if changes in CRF are a predictor of the antidepressant effect of exercise in people with depression.

AIMS: To investigate whether an increase in CRF is a predictor of depression severity reduction after 12 weeks of exercise (trial registration: DRKS study ID, DRKS00008745).

METHOD: The present study includes participants who took part in vigorous (

RESULTS: All exercise intensities improved

CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that improvements in

DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None.

Keywords: Depression; cardiorespiratory fitness; exercise

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