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Prescribing exercise interventions for patients with chronic conditions

Tammy C. Hoffmann, Chris G. Maher, Tom Briffa, Catherine Sherrington, Kim Bennell, Jennifer Alison, Maria Fiatarone Singh and Paul P. Glasziou
CMAJ March 14, 2016 cmaj.150684; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150684
Tammy C. Hoffmann
Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice (Hoffmann, Glasziou), Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, Australia; School of Population Health (Briffa), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia; Centre for Health (Bennell), Exercise and Sports Medicine, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Discipline of Physiotherapy (Alison), Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney; The George Institute for Global Health (Maher), Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney; Exercise, Health and Performance Faculty Research Group (Singh), Faculty of Health Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Chris G. Maher
Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice (Hoffmann, Glasziou), Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, Australia; School of Population Health (Briffa), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia; Centre for Health (Bennell), Exercise and Sports Medicine, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Discipline of Physiotherapy (Alison), Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney; The George Institute for Global Health (Maher), Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney; Exercise, Health and Performance Faculty Research Group (Singh), Faculty of Health Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Tom Briffa
Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice (Hoffmann, Glasziou), Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, Australia; School of Population Health (Briffa), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia; Centre for Health (Bennell), Exercise and Sports Medicine, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Discipline of Physiotherapy (Alison), Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney; The George Institute for Global Health (Maher), Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney; Exercise, Health and Performance Faculty Research Group (Singh), Faculty of Health Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Catherine Sherrington
Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice (Hoffmann, Glasziou), Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, Australia; School of Population Health (Briffa), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia; Centre for Health (Bennell), Exercise and Sports Medicine, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Discipline of Physiotherapy (Alison), Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney; The George Institute for Global Health (Maher), Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney; Exercise, Health and Performance Faculty Research Group (Singh), Faculty of Health Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Kim Bennell
Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice (Hoffmann, Glasziou), Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, Australia; School of Population Health (Briffa), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia; Centre for Health (Bennell), Exercise and Sports Medicine, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Discipline of Physiotherapy (Alison), Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney; The George Institute for Global Health (Maher), Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney; Exercise, Health and Performance Faculty Research Group (Singh), Faculty of Health Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Jennifer Alison
Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice (Hoffmann, Glasziou), Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, Australia; School of Population Health (Briffa), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia; Centre for Health (Bennell), Exercise and Sports Medicine, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Discipline of Physiotherapy (Alison), Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney; The George Institute for Global Health (Maher), Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney; Exercise, Health and Performance Faculty Research Group (Singh), Faculty of Health Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Maria Fiatarone Singh
Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice (Hoffmann, Glasziou), Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, Australia; School of Population Health (Briffa), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia; Centre for Health (Bennell), Exercise and Sports Medicine, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Discipline of Physiotherapy (Alison), Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney; The George Institute for Global Health (Maher), Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney; Exercise, Health and Performance Faculty Research Group (Singh), Faculty of Health Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Paul P. Glasziou
Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice (Hoffmann, Glasziou), Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, Australia; School of Population Health (Briffa), University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia; Centre for Health (Bennell), Exercise and Sports Medicine, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Discipline of Physiotherapy (Alison), Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney; The George Institute for Global Health (Maher), Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney; Exercise, Health and Performance Faculty Research Group (Singh), Faculty of Health Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Online Appendices

  • Appendix 1: Cochrane and PubMed Search Strategies
  • Appendix 2: Key clinical and health outcomes that exercise has been shown to help and not help, by chronic condition
  • Appendix 3: Exercise for hip and knee osteoarthritis (details based on Juhl et al)
  • Appendix 4: Exercise for falls prevention
  • Appendix 5: Exercise for people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • Appendix 6: Exercise for people with heart disease and/or heart failure (based on Fletcher et al)

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