Characteristics and impact of physical activity interventions during substance use disorder treatment excluding tobacco: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Substance use disorder is a worldwide issue that entails negative health and physical activity is a promising complementary therapy for alleviating the consequences. The objective of this reviews is to characterize physical activity interventions offered in the literature and explore their effects during treatment for people with substance use disorders with excluding studies focusing only on tobacco use. A systematic search of seven databases on articles including a physical activity intervention during a treatment for substance use disorder was done and an examination of the presence of bias was performed. A total of 43 articles including 3135 participants were identified. Most studies were randomized controlled trial (81%), followed by pre-post design (14%) and cohort studies (5%). The

SUBMITTER: Piche F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10132651 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature