Meta-Analyses of the Effects of Habitual Running on Indices of Health in Physically Inactive Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In order to implement running to promote physical activity, it is essential to quantify the extent to which running improves health.

Objective

The aim was to summarise the literature on the effects of endurance running on biomedical indices of health in physically inactive adults.

Data sources

Electronic searches were conducted in October 2014 on PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, PEDro, the Cochrane Library and LILACS, with no limits of date and language of publication.

Study selection

Randomised controlled trials (with a minimum of 8 weeks of running training) that included physically inactive but healthy adults (18-65 years) were selected. The studies needed to compare intervention (i.e. endurance running) and control (i.e., no intervention) gro

SUBMITTER: Hespanhol Junior LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4579257 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature