Exercise is Medicine® Australia has developed a number of factsheets to help educate you on the role of exercise in the treatment of chronic conditions or disorders. Two factsheets are available for most conditions 1) full version; and 2) brief version (for the time poor). The factsheets provide information on:
- the condition;
- the benefits of exercise;
- how exercise produces benefits for that condition; and
- the most appropriate exercise for that condition.
Available Factsheets
| Topic | Full version | Brief version |
|---|---|---|
| Aboriginal Health: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) | Download | |
| Aboriginal Health: Kidney disease | Download | |
| Aboriginal Health: Type 2 diabetes | Download | |
| Acquired brain injury | Download | Download |
| Alzheimer’s disease | Download | Download |
| Arthritis | Download | Download |
| Asthma | Download | Download |
| Breast cancer | Download | Download |
| Cancer | Download | Download |
| Chronic heart failure | Download | Download |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) | Download | Download |
| Chronic pain | Download | Download |
| Colon cancer | Download | Download |
| Coronary heart disease | Download | Download |
| Depression | Download | Download |
| Diabetes type 1 | Download | Download |
| Diabetes type 2 | Download | Download |
| Dyslipidaemia | Download | Download |
| Falls prevention | Download | Download |
| Gynaecological cancer | Download | Download |
| HIV | Download | |
| Hypertension | Download | Download |
| Kidney disease | Download | Download |
| Lower back pain – Managing a first or acute episode | Download | Download |
| Metabolic syndrome | Download | Download |
| Multiple sclerosis | Download | Download |
| Osteoporosis | Download | Download |
| Parkinson’s disease | Download | Download |
| Postnatal rehabilitation | Download | Download |
| Pregnancy | Download | Download |
| Prostate cancer | Download | Download |
| Solid organ transplantation | Download | |
| Spinal cord injury | Download | Download |
| Stroke | Download | Download |