Exercise

"Exercise" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Physical activity which is usually regular and done with the intention of improving or maintaining PHYSICAL FITNESS or HEALTH. Contrast with PHYSICAL EXERTION which is concerned largely with the physiologic and metabolic response to energy expenditure.

Descriptor ID	D015444
MeSH Number(s)	G11.427.410.698.277 I03.350
Concept/Terms	Exercise Exercise Exercises Physical Activity Activities, Physical Activity, Physical Physical Activities Exercise, Physical Exercises, Physical Physical Exercise Physical Exercises Acute Exercise Acute Exercise Acute Exercises Exercise, Acute Exercises, Acute Exercise, Isometric Exercise, Isometric Exercises, Isometric Isometric Exercises Isometric Exercise Exercise, Aerobic Exercise, Aerobic Aerobic Exercise Aerobic Exercises Exercises, Aerobic Exercise Training Exercise Training Exercise Trainings Training, Exercise Trainings, Exercise

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Biological Sciences [G]
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena [G11]
Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena [G11.427]
Movement [G11.427.410]
Motor Activity [G11.427.410.698]
Exercise [G11.427.410.698.277]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Human Activities [I03]
Exercise [I03.350]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Exercise" by people in this website by year, and whether "Exercise" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 557 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 48 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
1999	2	1	3
2000	3	0	3
2001	2	2	4
2002	4	2	6
2003	6	6	12
2004	9	7	16
2005	11	4	15
2006	6	5	11
2007	6	5	11
2008	9	2	11
2009	11	5	16
2010	10	4	14
2011	18	10	28
2012	18	2	20
2013	8	7	15
2014	8	12	20
2015	17	13	30
2016	22	10	32
2017	35	13	48
2018	22	15	37
2019	23	7	30
2020	23	8	31
2021	17	21	38
2022	13	18	31
2023	10	17	27
2024	13	5	18
2025	18	10	28

Below are the most recent publications written about "Exercise" by people in Profiles.

Sassano M, Nalini M, Seyyedsalehi MS, Roshandel G, Poustchi H, Khoshnia M, Kamangar F, Dawsey SM, Abnet C, Malekzadeh R, Boffetta P, Etemadi A. Body size and occupational physical activity during the life course and gastrointestinal cancers. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Dec 02; 194(12):3451-3463.

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Brown DMY, Meca A, Osman A. Development of the multidimensional inventory of physical activity identity. Psychol Sport Exerc. 2026 Jan; 82:102990.

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Cao C, Campbell KL, Warner AB, Campbell N, Schwartz AL, Cleary C, Wonders K, Capozzi LC, Ligibel JA. The multidisciplinary community of exercise oncology practice: current status and future directions. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2025 Sep 01; 2025(71):344-350.

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Barboza LLS, Azevedo MR, Silva DR, Grossi Porto LG. Household physical activity contributions to total physical activity and its associations with cardiometabolic risk factors: a Brazilian adult population analysis. BMC Public Health. 2025 Jul 26; 25(1):2553.

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Camplain R, Shuman S, Alonso A, Schmitter E, Lopez J, Gelatt A, Annorbah R, Fangman I, Occhino M, de Heer B, de Heer D, Brown M, Compton-Gore K, Pinn T, Thayer B, Martin R, Evans L. Using time use diaries to assess physical activity and sedentary behavior in jail populations. BMC Public Health. 2025 Jul 18; 25(1):2503.

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Schmid SM, Soo Hoo C, Pirkle CM, Phillips MM, Thompson M, Yoshida A, Hansen Smith H, Ching L, Finn J, Sentell T. Culturally relevant physical activity in Hawai'i: outrigger canoeing across an adapted social-ecological model. Health Promot Int. 2025 Jul 01; 40(4).

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Jacobs S, Klapp R, Shvetsov YB, Kristal BS, Setiawan VW, Le Marchand L, Maskarinec G. Prospective association of a Lifestyle Risk Factor Index with type 2 diabetes in the Multiethnic Cohort. Eur J Nutr. 2025 Jun 16; 64(5):222.

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Antonio DS, Bigliassi M. Pre-Stress Exposure and Psychophysiological Responses During Cycling. Stress Health. 2025 Jun; 41(3):e70062.

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Lopez N, Herrera K, Carter J, Radom-Aizik S, Zheng K, Palmer S, Cooper D. Mitigation and Physical Activity Behaviors Among School-Aged Children During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. J Sch Health. 2025 07; 95(7):522-531.

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Badon SE, Oberman N, Ramsey M, Quesenberry CP, Kurtovich E, Gomez Chavez L, Brown SD, Albright CL, Bhalala M, Avalos LA. Effect of a Tailored eHealth Physical Activity Intervention on Physical Activity and Depression During Postpartum: Randomized Controlled Trial (The Postpartum Wellness Study). JMIR Ment Health. 2025 May 22; 12:e64507.

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