- Patient Type
- Adult
- Condition
- Postnatal
- Amputee
- Evidence
Improves balance and balance confidence
Improves cardiopulmonary function
Improves physical function
Improves self esteem
Improves quality of life
Reduces morbidity and mortality
Improves lower limb strength
Reduces back pain
Reduces risk of falls
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
- 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
Physical activity has been shown to reduce the length of hospital stay in cancer patients
Reduces post-operative complications
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
- COPD
- Evidence
Able to walk further
Decreased co-morbidities
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 well for longer
Reduced feeling of breathlessness
Reduced number of exacerbations
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
- Dementia
- Evidence
Improve socialisation, reduce loneliness, improve global well-being
Prevent frailty, falls and improve mobility
Promoting brain health and reducing risk of dementia and cognitive decline
Reduce stress, reduce anxiety and improve mood
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
- Depression
- Evidence
Improves cognition
Improves mood
Improves motivation
Improves self confidence
Improves sleep
Less fatigue and improves energy levels
Moderates appetite
Reduces sickness absence in the short-term for mild to moderate depression
Reduces social isolation
Reduces stress level
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
- Ischaemic Heart Disease
- Evidence
Helps prevent early death and hospital admissions
Helps prevent fatigue and stress
Improves energy, fitness and quality of life
Improves the blood flow around the body
Lowers risk factors eg Cholesterol, Diabetes, High blood pressure
Makes you live longer
Helps to prevent Inflammation within blood vessels
Improves how effectively your heart beats
Improves the perception of chest pain
Helps to prevent Development of Heart Failure
Helps to prevent Risk of a further heart attacks
Increased blood flow to the heart
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
- Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease
- Evidence
Improves fitness
Improves lung function
Improves mood
Keep your neck and back flexible
Maintain ability to carry out everyday activities
Manage fatigue, pain and stiffness
You get a better night sleep
Enhance mood
Improve your ability to carry out daily activities
Improves Disease activity
Manage Fatigue
Get a better night’s sleep
Improve Muscle Strength
Improves quality of life
Reduce pain
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
- MSK
- Evidence
Living an active life reduces your risk of getting many common diseases
Improves fitness
Improves general wellbeing
Improves mental health
Improves quality of life
Reduces frequency of painful episodes
Reduces stiffness
Reduces work absence
Improves self-efficacy
Improves general health
Improves physical function
Reduces pain
- Pregnancy
- Primary Prevention
- Stroke
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Young Person
- Condition
- Cancer
- Evidence
Helps anxiety
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
Physical activity has been shown to reduce the length of hospital stay in cancer patients
Reduces post-operative complications
Decreased fatigue
Improved psychological health
Improvement in body composition and BMI
Improvement in Cardio-pulmonary fitness
Improvement in musculoskeletal health
Improvement in quality of life
- 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
- 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.
Physical activity can reduce symptoms of anxiety for children and adolescents
Children and adolescents who participate in sporting activity can have lower symptoms of 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 to improve school life satisfaction
Symptoms of depression are often in lower in children and adolescents who are more physically active
- Obesity
- 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
- 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.
Physical activity can reduce symptoms of anxiety for children and adolescents
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 to improve school life satisfaction
Symptoms of depression are often in lower in children and adolescents who are more physically active
- Obesity
- Cancer