Cochrane · systematic review · CD010596
Exercise versus no exercise for the occurrence, severity, and duration of acute respiratory infections
Grande, AJ, Keogh, J, Silva, V, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2020 · Cochrane Library
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
5
current version
GRADE rated
5
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 5 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Show all 2 versionsExercise versus no exercise for the occurrence, severity, and duration of acute respiratory infections
Population: healthy people
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of ARI episodes per person per year Self‐reported Exercise vs no exercise | Rate ratio 1 [0.77, 1.3] | 4 studies · 514 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Proportion of participants who experienced at least 1 ARI over the study period Exercise vs no exercise | RR 0.88 [0.72, 1.08] | 5 studies · 520 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Severity of ARI symptoms Exercise vs no exercise | MD 103.57 | 2 studies · 373 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Number of symptom days during Exercise vs no exercise | MD 2.24 | 4 studies · 483 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Number of symptom days per episode of illness Exercise vs no exercise | MD 0.44 | 6 studies · 557 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |