Exercise as Medicine: Possible Applications for Improving Home Based Programs
Journal Title: Sports and Exercise Medicine – Open Journal - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory studies have provided a large body of evidence on the benefit of physical exercise in reducing the morbidity and mortality of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular, type 2 diabetes (T2D), hypertension, cancer, obesity, depression, solid organ transplantation and others. There are guidelines available regarding the type, frequency, duration and intensity of the exercise to alleviate the related underlying disease. Therefore physical exercises is an important cost effective tool for primary and secondary prevention measures.
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Gabriele Mascherini,
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