- Patient Type
- Adult
- Condition
- Amputee
- Evidence
Improves balance and balance confidence
Improves cardiopulmonary function
Improves lower limb strength
Improves physical function
Improves quality of life
Improves self esteem
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
Reduces back pain
Reduces morbidity and mortality
Reduces risk of falls
- Anxiety
- Evidence
Can reduce anxiety symptoms in the non-clinical population
Exercising in nature can help reduce anxiety
Improves Quality of life
Improves anxiety symptoms
Increases energy levels and reduces fatigue.
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
Mindful exercise may reduce anxiety
Reduces Anxiety in the elderly
Reduces Generalised Anxiety Disorder
Reduces Social Anxiety
Reduces agoraphobia
Reduces risk of developing anxiety
Resistance training can reduce anxiety.
- COPD
- Evidence
Able to walk further
Decreased time in hospital /bad days
Feeling more energetic / Less Fatigued
Improved Quality of Life
Improves Balance/Falls
Improves Mood
Increased Confidence and increased self esteem
Increased Independence
Increased strength
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
Living well for longer
Reduced feeling of breathlessness
Reduced number of exacerbations
- Cancer
- Evidence
Helps body composition
Helps depression
Helps lymphoedema
Helps restore wellbeing
Improves cancer-related fatigue
Improves cardiorespiratory fitness
Improves cognitive function
Improves menopausal symptoms
Improves physical function
Improves quality of life
Improves sleep quality
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
Physical activity has been shown to reduce the length of hospital stay in cancer patients
Reduces post-operative complications
- Dementia
- Evidence
Improve socialisation, reduce loneliness, improve global well-being
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
Prevent frailty, falls and improve mobility
Promoting brain health and reducing risk of dementia and cognitive decline
Reduce stress, reduce anxiety and improve mood
- Depression
- Evidence
Improves cognition
Improves mood
Improves motivation
Improves self confidence
Improves sleep
Less fatigue and improves energy levels
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
Moderates appetite
Reduces sickness absence in the short-term for mild to moderate depression
Reduces social isolation
Reduces stress level
- Falls and Frailty
- Evidence
Better balance
Faster walking speed
Improves functional ability
Improves the ability to perform activities of daily living
Increased muscle strength
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
Reduces falls and falls risk
Reduces falls related injuries
Reduces severity and progression of frailty
- Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease
- Evidence
Enhance mood
Enhances mood
Get a better night’s sleep
Helps manage stiffness
Improve Muscle Strength
Improve your ability to carry out daily activities
Improves Disease activity
Improves disease activity
Improves fatigue
Improves fitness
Improves hand function
Improves lung function
Improves mobility
Improves mood
Improves muscle strength
Improves quality of life
Improves sleep
Keep your neck and back flexible
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
Maintain ability to carry out everyday activities
Manage Fatigue
May increase insulin sensitivity
May reduce cardiovascular risk factors
Reduce pain
Reduces pain
- Ischaemic Heart Disease
- Evidence
Helps prevent early death and hospital admissions
Helps prevent fatigue and stress
Helps to prevent Development of Heart Failure
Helps to prevent Inflammation within blood vessels
Helps to prevent Risk of a further heart attacks
Improves energy, fitness and quality of life
Improves how effectively your heart beats
Improves the blood flow around the body
Improves the perception of chest pain
Increased blood flow to the heart
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
Lowers risk factors eg Cholesterol, Diabetes, High blood pressure
Makes you live longer
- MSK Pain
- Evidence
Improves balance
Improves fitness
Improves function
Improves general health
Improves general wellbeing
Improves mental health
Improves physical function
Improves physical function in chronic pain
Improves quality of life
Improves self-efficacy
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
Reduces frequency of painful episodes
Reduces pain
Reduces stiffness
Reduces work absence
- Menopause
- Evidence
Helps Regulate Weight
Improves Anxiety and Depression
Improves Sleep
Improves muscle tone and decreases body fat
Improves sexual function, urogenital symptoms and vaginal dryness
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
May Improve symptoms of vaginal dryness
May help alleviate joint pain
May reduce the perceived impact of hot flushes
Pelvic floor exercises improve urinary incontinence
- Obesity
- Evidence
Improves VO2 Max
Can help improve blood sugar levels
Improves General Fitness
Improves Mental Health
Improves asthma control
Improves bone health
Improves lean body mass
Improves lipid profile
Improves muscle strength
Improves walking ability and independence
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
May improve mortality
May improve quality of life
No increase in appetite
Reduces blood pressure
Reduces body fat
Reduces visceral adiposity
Reduces waist circumference
Reduces weight and BMI
- Parkinson’s
- Evidence
Can decrease gait freezing
Can reduce muscle fatigue
Can reduce tremor
Improves Quality of Life and the ability to do everyday activities
Improves balance and reduces falls
Improves cardiorespiratory fitness
Improves gait, walking speed and endurance
Improves mood and confidence, reduces anxiety
Improves sleep
Improves strength
Keeps the brain and mind working well
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
May delay progression of Parkinson’s, reduce the need for medications to be started or increased
Physical Activity is safe
- Perioperative care
- Evidence
Improves functional capacity and cardiopulmonary fitness
Improves mental health and quality of life
Improves post operative recovery and function
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
Post op- reduces post operative complications and length of hospital stay
Reduces cancer mortality and risk of cancer recurrence
Reduces post-operative complications and length of hospital stay
- Postnatal
- Pregnancy
- Primary Prevention
- Stroke
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Evidence
Decreases cholesterol, lipids and triglycerides
Decreases insulin use
Exercise improves glucose levels
Improved insulin resistance
Improves HbA1c
Improves cardiorespiratory fitness and VO2
Improves general fitness
Improves physical fitness
Interrupted sitting improves glucose levels
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
No effect on BMI or blood pressure
Prolongs the honeymoon period
Reduces all-cause mortality
There is an increased risk of hypo/hyper - glycaemic episodes post exercise
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Evidence
Empowers people to feel in control
Improves blood pressure
Improves general fitness
Improves glycaemic control
Improves life expectancy
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
Reduces need for medications
Reduces risk of cardiovascular complications
Reduces risk of diabetic complications
- postnatal
- Child
- Condition
- Asthma
- Evidence
Enjoyment of exercise
Improvement in peak flow readings
Improves quality of life
Improving physical and cardiovascular fitness
Improving strength
No worsening of symptoms
Reducing asthma symptoms
Reducing breathlessness and perceived effort during physical activity
Reducing inflammatory blood markers
Weight loss
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Evidence
Helps improve diabetes control (reduces HbA1C)
Improves body composition
Improves bone mineral density
Improves cardiovascular fitness and reduces overall mortality
Improves lipid profile
Reduces amount of insulin needed (improves insulin sensitivity)
Reduces risk of hypoglycaemia, particularly severe hypoglycaemia
- Epilepsy
- Mental Health
- Evidence
Exercise can be an effective treatment option for adolescents diagnosed with depression.
Higher levels of sport and physical activity and lower levels of sedentary activity are associated with fewer symptoms of depression in the future
Physical activity can improve body image for children and adolescents
Physical activity can improve self-esteem for children and adolescents
Physical activity can reduce symptoms of anxiety for children and adolescents
Physical activity to improve school life satisfaction
Symptoms of depression are often in lower in children and adolescents who are more physically active
- Obesity
- Young Person
- Condition
- Asthma
- Evidence
Enjoyment of exercise
Improvement in peak flow readings
Improves quality of life
Improving physical and cardiovascular fitness
Improving strength
No worsening of symptoms
Reducing asthma symptoms
Reducing breathlessness and perceived effort during physical activity
Reducing inflammatory blood markers
Weight loss
- Cancer
- Evidence
Decreased fatigue
Helps anxiety
Helps body composition
Helps depression
Helps lymphoedema
Helps restore wellbeing
Improved psychological health
Improvement in Cardio-pulmonary fitness
Improvement in body composition and BMI
Improvement in musculoskeletal health
Improvement in quality of life
Improves cancer-related fatigue
Improves cardiorespiratory fitness
Improves cognitive function
Improves menopausal symptoms
Improves physical function
Improves quality of life
Improves sleep quality
Physical activity has been shown to reduce the length of hospital stay in cancer patients
Reduces post-operative complications
- Diabetes
- Evidence
Helps improve diabetes control (reduces HbA1C)
Improves body composition
Improves bone mineral density
Improves cardiovascular fitness and reduces overall mortality
Improves lipid profile
Reduces amount of insulin needed (improves insulin sensitivity)
Reduces risk of hypoglycaemia, particularly severe hypoglycaemia
- Epilepsy
- Mental Health
- Evidence
Children and adolescents who participate in sporting activity can have lower symptoms of depression
Exercise can be an effective treatment option for adolescents diagnosed with depression.
Higher levels of sport and physical activity and lower levels of sedentary activity are associated with fewer symptoms of depression in the future
Physical activity can improve body image for children and adolescents
Physical activity can improve self-esteem for children and adolescents
Physical activity can reduce symptoms of anxiety for children and adolescents
Physical activity to improve school life satisfaction
Symptoms of depression are often in lower in children and adolescents who are more physically active
- Obesity