Comparative effects of exercise modalities on sleep quality in middle-aged and older adults with sleep disorders: A systematic review with pairwise, network, and dose-responsemeta-analyses
Ting Wang, Zhuang Ma, Boao Zhu, Yaqiong Tang · 2026
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Ting Wang and three co-authors pooled in 2026 trials of exercise for sleep problems in middle-aged and older adults. Which kind of exercise helps most, and how much, was unclear. The team searched four databases for randomized trials and kept twenty-three, with 1,478 participants. They ran standard, network, and dose-response analyses side by side.
Exercise improved the two main sleep quality and insomnia scores, but not daytime sleepiness. In the network comparison, aerobic exercise ranked strongest, ahead of mind-body and combined programs. Benefit rose with dose up to a point near a moderate weekly level, then tapered, forming an upside-down U. The authors rate the certainty as low to moderate and call for trials that pin dose more tightly.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ting Wang, Zhuang Ma, Boao Zhu, Yaqiong Tang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |