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Exercise and physical activity in the therapy of substance use disorders.

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Zschucke, Elisabeth, Heinz, Andreas, Ströhle, Andreas·2012·The Scientific World JOURNAL

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Exercise and physical activity are constantly gaining attention as adjuvant treatment for substance use disorders, supplementing classical pharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches. The present work reviews studies addressing the therapeutic effects of exercise in alcohol abuse/dependence, nicotine abuse/dependence, and illicit drug abuse/dependence. In the field of smoking cessation, evidence is strong for exercise as an effective adjuvant treatment, whereas no generalizable and methodologically strong studies have been published for alcohol and drug treatment so far, allowing only preliminary conclusions about the effectiveness of exercise in these disorders. A couple of potential mechanisms are discussed, by which exercise may act as an effective treatment, as well as future directions for studies investigating exercise as a treatment strategy for substance use disorders.

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Authors
Zschucke, E., Heinz, A., & Ströhle, A.
Affiliations
Stiftung Charité (DE)
Corresponding author
Zschucke, Elisabeth
Venue
The Scientific World JOURNAL
Published
2012
Volume
2012
Pages
1-19
ISSN
1537-744X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2009578511
Cited by
192
References
73
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FWCI
1.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • The Scientific World JOURNAL (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
Keywords
physical activity, substance use disorders, alcoholism, nicotine dependence, smoking cessation, illicit drug dependence, adjuvant therapy, mechanisms of exercise effects
MeSH terms
Exercise Therapy, Humans, Motor Activity, Treatment Outcome, Evidence-Based Medicine, Substance-Related Disorders, Risk Reduction Behavior

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