Exercise

"Exercise" 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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Physical activity which is usually regular and done with the intention of improving or maintaining PHYSICAL FITNESS or HEALTH. Contrast with PHYSICAL EXERTION which is concerned largely with the physiologic and metabolic response to energy expenditure.

Descriptor ID	D015444
MeSH Number(s)	G11.427.410.698.277 I03.350
Concept/Terms	Exercise Exercise Exercises Physical Activity Activities, Physical Activity, Physical Physical Activities Exercise, Physical Exercises, Physical Physical Exercise Physical Exercises Acute Exercise Acute Exercise Acute Exercises Exercise, Acute Exercises, Acute Exercise, Isometric Exercise, Isometric Exercises, Isometric Isometric Exercises Isometric Exercise Exercise, Aerobic Exercise, Aerobic Aerobic Exercise Aerobic Exercises Exercises, Aerobic Exercise Training Exercise Training Exercise Trainings Training, Exercise Trainings, Exercise

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Biological Sciences [G]
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena [G11]
Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena [G11.427]
Movement [G11.427.410]
Motor Activity [G11.427.410.698]
Exercise [G11.427.410.698.277]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Human Activities [I03]
Exercise [I03.350]

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

Bar chart showing 467 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 36 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	2	2
1996	3	1	4
1997	1	0	1
1998	1	0	1
1999	2	0	2
2000	1	2	3
2001	4	1	5
2002	9	4	13
2003	8	2	10
2004	6	5	11
2005	12	2	14
2006	6	3	9
2007	16	5	21
2008	7	5	12
2009	6	11	17
2010	7	4	11
2011	7	7	14
2012	14	4	18
2013	12	6	18
2014	15	12	27
2015	10	5	15
2016	13	6	19
2017	21	4	25
2018	18	9	27
2019	15	12	27
2020	19	17	36
2021	10	21	31
2022	4	17	21
2023	5	23	28
2024	14	6	20
2025	4	1	5

Below are the most recent publications written about "Exercise" 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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Aks IR, Patel H, Pelham WE, Huestis MA, Wade NE. Cannabinoids in hair and their prospective association with mental and physical health outcomes in adolescents. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2025 Mar-Apr; 108:107433.

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Stulberg EL, Chou LN, Gore S, Conroy MB, Majersik JJ, Hunzinger KJ, LaPoint A, Kaur Sandhu M, Schneider ALC, Kumar A. Associations of Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity With Dementia, Anxiety, and Depression Among Older Adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Jun; 73(6):1870-1876.

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Cozzarelli NF, Khan IA, Arshi A, Sherman MB, Fillingham YA. Total Joint Arthroplasty Patients From Distressed Communities Participate in Sports and Physical Activities at Lower Rates. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Aug; 40(8):1972-1978.

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Sefcik JS, Coates MC, Petrovsky DV, Glasofer A, Okoye S, Vader DT, Moore RH, Baker ZG, Ma KPK, Rahemi Z, Bacsu JR, Smith ML, DiMaria-Ghalili RA. Factors Associated With Outdoor Frequency Among U.S. Community-Dwelling Medicare Beneficiaries: A Cross-Sectional Study. Res Gerontol Nurs. 2025 Jan-Feb; 18(1):40-52.

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Brown JC, Ma C, Shi Q, Couture F, Kuebler P, Kumar P, Tan B, Krishnamurthi S, Chang V, Goldberg RM, O'Reilly EM, Shields AF, Meyerhardt JA. Inflammation, physical activity, and disease-free survival in stage III colon cancer: Cancer and Leukemia Group B-Southwest Oncology Group 80702 (Alliance). J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 Dec 01; 116(12):2032-2039.

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Long JR, Parker M, Jumani S, Ahmed A, Huynh V, Gomez-Lobo V. Effect of Lifestyle Modifications on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Predominantly Young Adults: A Systematic Review. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2025 Apr; 38(2):139-147.e4.

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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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de Oliveira AB, Peres MFP, Mercante JPP, Brunoni AR, Wang YP, Molina MDCB, Uchiyama LK, Lotufo PA, Bense?or IM, Goulart AC. Associations of comorbid headache disorders and depression with leisure-time physical activity among 14,088 adults in The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health. Headache. 2025 Apr; 65(4):643-654.

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Hamaya R, Wang M, Hertzmark E, Cook NR, Manson JE, Sun Q, Stampfer MJ, Mukamal KJ, Curhan G, Rimm EB. Modifiable lifestyle factors in the primordial prevention of hypertension in three US cohorts. Eur J Intern Med. 2025 Feb; 132:55-66.

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