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  • Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry
  • Medical Research

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  • Depression is a prevalent mental illness with significant societal impact.
  • Current treatments like drug therapy and psychotherapy have limitations.
  • Physiotherapy is emerging as a valuable adjuvant therapy for depression.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review recent advancements in physiotherapy for depression treatment.
  • To analyze various physiotherapy methods, their clinical effects, mechanisms, and drawbacks.
  • To provide a reference for future physiotherapy research in depression.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of physiotherapy interventions for depression over the past five years.
  • Analysis of clinical efficacy, mechanisms of action, and limitations of different physiotherapy methods.
  • Synthesis of findings to assess physiotherapy's role in depression management.

Main Results:

  • Physiotherapy effectively reduces depression recurrence as an adjuvant therapy.
  • Mechanisms include improving neurobiochemical molecules, inhibiting inflammation, regulating neuroendocrine systems, and increasing neuroplasticity.
  • Physiotherapy exhibits biological effects similar to antidepressants and can enhance combined treatments.

Conclusions:

  • Physiotherapy presents a scientifically rigorous and diverse set of options for depression treatment.
  • It effectively compensates for limitations of traditional therapies and reduces relapse rates.
  • Further research into physiotherapy holds promise for comprehensive depression management.