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The Effects of Physical Exercise on Mental Health: From Cognitive Improvements to Risk of Addiction

(1) Background: we aimed to investigate the effects of physical activity on cognitive functions and deficits of healthy population and other needy groups. Secondly, we investigated the relation between healthy habits and psychopathological risks. Finally, we investigated the impact of COVID-19 pande...

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Autores principales: Caponnetto, Pasquale, Casu, Mirko, Amato, Miriam, Cocuzza, Dario, Galofaro, Valeria, La Morella, Alessandra, Paladino, Sara, Pulino, Kamil, Raia, Nicoletta, Recupero, Flavia, Resina, Cristian, Russo, Samuele, Terranova, Laura Maria, Tiralongo, Jennifer, Vella, Maria Chiara
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8705508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34948993
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413384
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author Caponnetto, Pasquale
Casu, Mirko
Amato, Miriam
Cocuzza, Dario
Galofaro, Valeria
La Morella, Alessandra
Paladino, Sara
Pulino, Kamil
Raia, Nicoletta
Recupero, Flavia
Resina, Cristian
Russo, Samuele
Terranova, Laura Maria
Tiralongo, Jennifer
Vella, Maria Chiara
author_facet Caponnetto, Pasquale
Casu, Mirko
Amato, Miriam
Cocuzza, Dario
Galofaro, Valeria
La Morella, Alessandra
Paladino, Sara
Pulino, Kamil
Raia, Nicoletta
Recupero, Flavia
Resina, Cristian
Russo, Samuele
Terranova, Laura Maria
Tiralongo, Jennifer
Vella, Maria Chiara
author_sort Caponnetto, Pasquale
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description (1) Background: we aimed to investigate the effects of physical activity on cognitive functions and deficits of healthy population and other needy groups. Secondly, we investigated the relation between healthy habits and psychopathological risks. Finally, we investigated the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on exercise addiction and possible associated disorders. (2) Methods: From April 2021 to October 2021, we conducted a review aimed at identifying the effects of physical exercise on mental health, from cognitive improvements to risk of addiction; we searched for relevant studies on PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, PsycINFO and CINHAL. (3) Results: For the first purpose, results indicated multiple effects such as better precision and response speed in information processing tasks on healthy populations; improvement of executive functions, cognitive flexibility and school performance in children; improvement of attention and executive functions and less hyperactivity and impulsiveness on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); improvement of executive and global functions on adults; improvement of overall cognitive functioning on patients with schizophrenic spectrum disorder or bipolar disorder. Data also demonstrated that exercise addiction seems to be related to low levels of education, low self-esteem, eating disorders and body dysmorphisms. Eventually, it was found that people with lower traits and intolerance of uncertainty show a strong association between COVID-19 anxiety and compulsive exercise and eating disorder. (4) Conclusions: these findings underline on one side the beneficial effects of physical activity on cognitive function in healthy individuals in a preventive and curative key, while on the other side the importance of an adequate evaluation of psychological distress and personality characteristics associated with exercise addiction.
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spelling pubmed-87055082021-12-25 The Effects of Physical Exercise on Mental Health: From Cognitive Improvements to Risk of Addiction Caponnetto, Pasquale Casu, Mirko Amato, Miriam Cocuzza, Dario Galofaro, Valeria La Morella, Alessandra Paladino, Sara Pulino, Kamil Raia, Nicoletta Recupero, Flavia Resina, Cristian Russo, Samuele Terranova, Laura Maria Tiralongo, Jennifer Vella, Maria Chiara Int J Environ Res Public Health Review (1) Background: we aimed to investigate the effects of physical activity on cognitive functions and deficits of healthy population and other needy groups. Secondly, we investigated the relation between healthy habits and psychopathological risks. Finally, we investigated the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on exercise addiction and possible associated disorders. (2) Methods: From April 2021 to October 2021, we conducted a review aimed at identifying the effects of physical exercise on mental health, from cognitive improvements to risk of addiction; we searched for relevant studies on PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, PsycINFO and CINHAL. (3) Results: For the first purpose, results indicated multiple effects such as better precision and response speed in information processing tasks on healthy populations; improvement of executive functions, cognitive flexibility and school performance in children; improvement of attention and executive functions and less hyperactivity and impulsiveness on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); improvement of executive and global functions on adults; improvement of overall cognitive functioning on patients with schizophrenic spectrum disorder or bipolar disorder. Data also demonstrated that exercise addiction seems to be related to low levels of education, low self-esteem, eating disorders and body dysmorphisms. Eventually, it was found that people with lower traits and intolerance of uncertainty show a strong association between COVID-19 anxiety and compulsive exercise and eating disorder. (4) Conclusions: these findings underline on one side the beneficial effects of physical activity on cognitive function in healthy individuals in a preventive and curative key, while on the other side the importance of an adequate evaluation of psychological distress and personality characteristics associated with exercise addiction. MDPI 2021-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8705508/ /pubmed/34948993 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413384 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Caponnetto, Pasquale
Casu, Mirko
Amato, Miriam
Cocuzza, Dario
Galofaro, Valeria
La Morella, Alessandra
Paladino, Sara
Pulino, Kamil
Raia, Nicoletta
Recupero, Flavia
Resina, Cristian
Russo, Samuele
Terranova, Laura Maria
Tiralongo, Jennifer
Vella, Maria Chiara
The Effects of Physical Exercise on Mental Health: From Cognitive Improvements to Risk of Addiction
title The Effects of Physical Exercise on Mental Health: From Cognitive Improvements to Risk of Addiction
title_full The Effects of Physical Exercise on Mental Health: From Cognitive Improvements to Risk of Addiction
title_fullStr The Effects of Physical Exercise on Mental Health: From Cognitive Improvements to Risk of Addiction
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of Physical Exercise on Mental Health: From Cognitive Improvements to Risk of Addiction
title_short The Effects of Physical Exercise on Mental Health: From Cognitive Improvements to Risk of Addiction
title_sort effects of physical exercise on mental health: from cognitive improvements to risk of addiction
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8705508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34948993
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413384
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