The effects of stress on physical activity and exercise.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychological stress and physical activity (PA) are believed to be reciprocally related; however, most research examining the relationship between these constructs is devoted to the study of exercise and/or PA as an instrument to mitigate distress.

Objective

The aim of this paper was to review the literature investigating the influence of stress on indicators of PA and exercise.

Methods

A systematic search of Web of Science, PubMed, and SPORTDiscus was employed to find all relevant studies focusing on human participants. Search terms included "stress", "exercise", and "physical activity". A rating scale (0-9) modified for this study was utilized to assess the quality of all studies with multiple time points.

Results

The literature search found 168 st

SUBMITTER: Stults-Kolehmainen MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3894304 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature