Exercise Therapy

"Exercise Therapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A regimen or plan of physical activities designed and prescribed for specific therapeutic goals. Its purpose is to restore normal musculoskeletal function or to reduce pain caused by diseases or injuries.

Descriptor ID	D005081
MeSH Number(s)	E02.760.169.063.500.387 E02.779.483 E02.831.535.483
Concept/Terms	Exercise Therapy Exercise Therapy Therapy, Exercise Exercise Therapies Therapies, Exercise Rehabilitation Exercise Exercise, Rehabilitation Exercises, Rehabilitation Rehabilitation Exercises Remedial Exercise Exercise, Remedial Exercises, Remedial Remedial Exercises

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Exercise Therapy".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Patient Care [E02.760]
Continuity of Patient Care [E02.760.169]
Aftercare [E02.760.169.063]
Rehabilitation [E02.760.169.063.500]
Exercise Therapy [E02.760.169.063.500.387]
Physical Therapy Modalities [E02.779]
Exercise Therapy [E02.779.483]
Rehabilitation [E02.831]
Physical Therapy Modalities [E02.831.535]
Exercise Therapy [E02.831.535.483]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Exercise Therapy".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Exercise Therapy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Exercise Therapy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 255 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 19 publications in 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
1997	0	1	1
1999	3	1	4
2000	0	3	3
2001	1	1	2
2002	2	1	3
2003	1	2	3
2004	4	1	5
2005	5	4	9
2006	3	3	6
2007	6	3	9
2008	4	1	5
2009	7	4	11
2010	6	1	7
2011	9	3	12
2012	13	6	19
2013	12	3	15
2014	11	6	17
2015	9	3	12
2016	8	3	11
2017	9	7	16
2018	10	2	12
2019	13	3	16
2020	5	5	10
2021	4	12	16
2022	3	5	8
2023	1	10	11
2024	2	3	5
2025	5	0	5

Below are the most recent publications written about "Exercise Therapy" by people in Profiles.

Ng KP, Macdonald JH, Young R, March DS, Graham-Brown MPM, Mercer TH, Greenwood S, Burton JO, Dasgupta I. Body Composition and Intradialytic Exercise in Kidney Disease: A Combined Analysis of the PEDAL and CYCLE-HD Randomised Controlled Trials. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2025 Apr; 16(2):e13748.

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Shah KM, Safford DW, Madara K, Cooper J, Sweitzer B, Karduna A, McClure PW. Voluntary activation is impaired in subacromial pain syndrome but improves with pain relief and exercise. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2025 Jun; 34(6):e488-e495.

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Bade MJ, Christiansen CL, Zeni JA, Dayton MR, Forster JE, Cheuy VA, Christensen JC, Hogan C, Koonce R, Dennis D, Peters A, Stevens-Lapsley JE. Movement Pattern Biofeedback Training After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2025 Jun; 77(6):732-743.

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Jensen-Battaglia M, Lin PJ, Sanapala C, Watson EE, Mendler JH, Liesveld J, Wang Y, Hayward E, LoCastro M, Mortaz S, Dunne RF, Mustian K, Loh KP. Changes in muscle performance among older adults with myeloid malignancies engaging in a mobile health (mHealth) exercise intervention: a single arm pilot study. BMC Geriatr. 2025 Jan 09; 25(1):22.

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Dharmavaram N, Esmaeeli A, Jacobson K, Brailovsky Y, Raza F. Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing, Rehabilitation, and Exercise Training in Postpulmonary Embolism. Heart Fail Clin. 2025 Jan; 21(1):119-135.

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Newman E, Brailovsky Y, Rajapreyar I. Exercise and cardiac rehabilitation after LVAD implantation. Heart Fail Rev. 2025 May; 30(3):469-476.

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Stumm TW, Mina S, Okusanya O, Cowan S, Evans NR, Grenda TR. Metrics for Perioperative Exercise in Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer Resection: A Systematic Review. Clin Lung Cancer. 2025 Jan; 26(1):e33-e40.

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Corsi DR, Dikdan S, Upadhyay N, Chen H, Kitzman DW, Mentz R, Whellan DJ, Frisch DR. Atrial Fibrillation Status and Physical Rehabilitation in Older Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: An Analysis From the REHAB-HF Trial. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Oct; 13(19):e034366.

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Kim SJ, Swanson VA, Collier GH, Rabinowitz AR, Zondervan DK, Reinkensmeyer DJ. Using Large-Scale Sensor Data to Test Factors Predictive of Perseverance in Home Movement Rehabilitation: Early Exercise Frequency and Schedule Consistency. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2024; 32:3251-3260.

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Carey RL, Le H, Coffman DL, Nahum-Shani I, Thirumalai M, Hagen C, Baehr LA, Schmidt-Read M, Lamboy MSR, Kolakowsky-Hayner SA, Marino RJ, Intille SS, Hiremath SV. mHealth-Based Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention to Improve the Physical Activity Levels of Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Jun 28; 13:e57699.

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