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    STUDIA EDUCATIO%20ARTIS%20GYMNASTICAE - Issue no. 4 / 2013  
         
  Article:   THE ANTIDEPRESSANT ROLE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE.

Authors:  RAREȘ-DUMITRU CIOCOI-POP, SIMONA TACHE.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  VIEW PDF: THE ANTIDEPRESSANT ROLE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE

Depression is considered to be the most frequent mental disorder and is encountered in medical practice in all specialties. Depression is an affective disorder characterized by a change in mood. The etiopathogeny of depression is very complex. Physical exercise plays many roles: sanogenic; anti-aging, prolongevity and active longevity; diagnostic; therapeutic; economic benefits. The antidepressant role of physical exercise has been evidenced in many researches. The current data regarding the paradoxical effect of physical exercise, as a prooxidant at high intensity and as an antioxidant at moderate intensity for a prolonged duration, pose the problem of its antidepressant effect. Through its antioxidant role, physical exercise can also be recommended in antidepressant therapy, which may be associated with drug therapy.

Key words: depression, physical exercise, etiopathogeny of depression, the paradoxical effect of physical exercise, oxidative stress
 
         
     
         
         
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