Rationale for Using Exercise in the Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders.
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: Novel approaches to the treatment of stimulant abuse and dependence are needed. Clinical data examining the use of exercise as a treatment for the abuse of nicotine, alcohol, and other substances suggest that exercise may be a beneficial treatment for stimulant abuse. In addition, exercise has been associated with improvements in many other health-related areas that may be adversely affected by stimulant use or its treatment, such as sleep disturbance, cognitive function, mood, weight, quality of life, and anhedonia. Neurobiological evidence provides plausible mechanisms by which exercise could positively affect treatment outcomes in stimulant abuse. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Clinical Trials Network (CTN) CTN-0037 Stimulant Reduction Intervention using Dosed Exercise (STRIDE) study is a multisite randomized clinical trial that compares exercise to health education as potential treatments for stimulant abuse or dependence. If effective, exercise may provide an additional approach to the treatment of stimulant use disorders.
Source: PubMed
Authors: Tracy L Greer, Kolette M Ring, Diane Warden, Bruce D Grannemann, Timothy S Church, Eugene Somoza, Steven N Blair, Jose Szapocznik, Mark Stoutenberg, Chad Rethorst, Robrina Walker, David W Morris, Andrzej S Kosinski, Tiffany Kyle, Bess Marcus, Becca Crowell, Neal Oden, Edward Nunes, Madhukar H Trivedi
Institutions: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, University of Cincinnati, University of South Carolina, University of Miami, Duke University, Duke Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, University of California San Diego, Emmes (United States), New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2185806624