February 21, 2018Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental HealthOpen Access

Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Anxiety Symptoms and Cortical Activity in Patients with Panic Disorder: A Pilot Study

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Why the study?

Does aerobic exercise improve anxiety symptoms and cortical activity in patients with Panic Disorder?

Population

10 sedentary patients with Panic Disorder, on stable psychotropic medication.

Comparison

12 sessions of aerobic exercise on a treadmill… vs Remained seated comfortably in an armchair for…

Design

RCT, randomly assigned to two groups

Follow-up

14 days

Authors

ELEduardo LattariUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro HBHenning BuddeReykjavík University FPFlávia PaesUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

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Implication

Supports aerobic exercise for panic disorder; confirms RCT benefits on anxiety symptoms and fitness.

Structured PICO

Does aerobic exercise improve anxiety symptoms and cortical activity in patients with Panic Disorder?

Population

10 sedentary patients with Panic Disorder (DSM-IV-TR, PDSS > 10, disease duration ≥ 5 years), on stable psychotropic medication (SSRIs or benzodiazepines).

Intervention

12 sessions of aerobic exercise on a treadmill (25 minutes per session, 50-55% of heart rate reserve) with 48-72 hours interval between sessions.

Comparator

Remained seated comfortably in an armchair for the same period of time, instructed not to exercise during the chronic experimental phase.

Outcome

Changes in Subjective Units of Distress Scale (SUDS) for acute effects, and Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), EEG frontal asymmetry, and VO2max for chronic effects.patient reported

In patients with panic disorder, regular aerobic exercise reduces chronic anxiety and depression symptoms while improving cardiorespiratory fitness, despite an acute increase in anxiety immediately post-exercise.

Cite This Study

Lattari et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cec69dd834592f30eb373 https://doi.org/10.2174/1745017901814010011

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Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Anxiety Symptoms and Cortical Activity in Patients with Panic Disorder: A Pilot Study

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Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Anxiety Symptoms and Cortical Activity in Patients with Panic Disorder: A Pilot Study

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