But the researchers hope their initial study will inspire continued work, especially in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies developing many of the drugs of interest.
“[Our study] will trigger debate, which is really important,” said Naci. “In cases where we have evidence of exercise, exercise seems to do really well in comparison to drugs, but there are still a lot of instances where we don’t know how exercise fares against drugs.”
The study was published in the British Medical Journal earlier this month.
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