title: Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Anxiety Disorders: A Systematic Review.
abstract: Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric disorders observed currently. It is a normal adaptive response to stress that allows coping with adverse situations. Nevertheless, when anxiety becomes excessive or disproportional in relation to the situation that evokes it or when there is not any special object directed at it, such as an irrational dread of routine stimuli, it becomes a disabling disorder and is considered to be pathological. The traditional treatment used is medication and cognitive behavioral psychotherapy, however, last years the practice of physical exercise, specifically aerobic exercise, has been investigated as a new non-pharmacological therapy for anxiety disorders. Thus, the aim of this article was to provide information on research results and key chains related to the therapeutic effects of aerobic exercise compared with other types of interventions to treat anxiety, which may become a useful clinical application in a near future. Researches have shown the effectiveness of alternative treatments, such as physical exercise, minimizing high financial costs and minimizing side effects. The sample analyzed, 66.8% was composed of women and 80% with severity of symptoms anxiety as moderate to severe. The data analyzed in this review allows us to claim that alternative therapies like exercise are effective in controlling and reducing symptoms, as 91% of anxiety disorders surveys have shown effective results in treating. However, there is still disagreement regarding the effect of exercise compared to the use of antidepressant symptoms and cognitive function in anxiety, this suggests that there is no consensus on the correct intensity of aerobic exercise as to achieve the best dose-response, with intensities high to moderate or moderate to mild.
authors.forename: Antonio Marcos
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Souza Moura
authors.forename: Murilo Khede
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lamego
authors.forename: Flávia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paes
authors.forename: Nuno Barbosa
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Ferreira Rocha
authors.forename: Vitor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Simoes-Silva
authors.forename: Susana Almeida
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: Alberto Souza
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: de Sá Filho
authors.forename: Ridson
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rimes
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Manochio
authors.forename: Henning
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Budde
authors.forename: Mirko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wegner
authors.forename: Gioia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mura
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Arias-Carrión
authors.forename: Ti-Fei
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Antonio Egidio
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Nardi
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Panic and Respiration, Institute of Psychiatry (IPUB), - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. secm80@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Machado
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic