Table 1

Overview of all populations, conditions and physical activity modes of the included reviews

Population or conditionNumber of reviews
Cancern=2745–62 98–106
Adults with depressionn=1163 64 66–73 75
Dementian=5107–111
Older adultsn=533–37
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseasen=478 112–114
Multiple sclerosisn=481 115–117
Pregnant or postnatal or post-partum womenn=438–41
Adults with various chronic diseasesn=3118–120
Apparently healthy adultsn=342–44
Anxiety disordersn=384 85 121
Cardiovascular diseasen=380 122 123
Older adults with depressionn=463 65 74 124
Renal diseasen=386 125 126
Stroken=321 127 128
Arthritis and rheumatic diseasesn=282 129 130
Cognitive impairmentn=277 131
HIV/AIDSn=276 132
Post-traumatic stress disordern=2133 134
Various mental health disordersn=283 135
Fatiguen=1136
Knee osteoarthritisn=1129
Neurological disordersn=1137
Schizophrenian=1138
Substance use disordern=179
Physical activity modality Number of reviews
Mixed-mode exercise, not including mind-body exercise (eg, Yoga, Tai Chi or Qigong)n=3713 21 38 41 47 50 52–55 58 59 66–70 73–75 81 84 86 100 101 103 106 108–110 112 121 123 125 126 132 133
Mixed-mode exercise, including mind-body exercises (eg, Yoga, Tai Chi or Qigong)n=3333–37 40 42 49 51 56 57 60 61 63 72 76–80 98 99 102 104 107 115–117 124 129 130 134 137
Yogan=739 45 46 62 127 135 138
Aerobic exercisen=643 71 82 83 85 122
Tai Chin=665 113 118 128 131 136
Qigongn=3104 114 120
Resistance exercisen=364 111 119
Dancen=244 48