Exercise as Medicine: Possible Applications for Improving Home Based Programs

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  • Gabriele Mascherini Sports and Exercise Medicine Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence 50121, Italy
  • Giorgio Galanti Adjunct Professor of Sports Medicine and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, Chief of Sports Medicine, Director of Non Invasive Cardiac Laboratory, Università degli Studi di Firenze Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Firenze 50121, Italy

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https://doi.org/10.17140/SEMOJ-3-142

Abstract

Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory studies have provided a large body of evidence on the benefit of physical exercise in reducing the morbidity and mortality of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular, type 2 diabetes (T2D), hypertension, cancer, obesity, depression, solid organ transplantation and others.

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2017-03-21

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Gabriele Mascherini, & Giorgio Galanti. (2017). Exercise as Medicine: Possible Applications for Improving Home Based Programs. Sports and Exercise Medicine , 3(1), 17–19. https://doi.org/10.17140/SEMOJ-3-142

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2017): Volume 3 Issue 1 2017

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