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Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exercise medicine has emerged as an important component of preventive and therapeutic healthcare, with growing evidence supporting its role in improving physical, cognitive, and mental health outcomes. In epilepsy, however, participation in physical activity and sports remains significantly lower than in the general population, despite increasing evidence of its safety and benefits. Persistent misconceptions about exercise-induced seizure exacerbation and injury continue to limit engagement among people with epilepsy.
\nThis presentation will examine current evidence on how physical activity and exercise serve as complementary and integrative therapeutic strategies for managing epilepsy. It will highlight the biological, clinical, and psychosocial mechanisms through which exercise improves health outcomes and explores practical approaches to translating evidence into clinical practice. Drawing on preclinical and clinical findings, the presentation will review the effects of exercise on epileptogenesis, seizure susceptibility, seizure frequency, and neuroprotection. Particular emphasis will be placed on the role of exercise in mitigating common epilepsy-related comorbidities, including cognitive impairment, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and reduced quality of life. Current recommendations, including guidance from the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), will be discussed alongside emerging evidence supporting individualized exercise prescriptions for people with epilepsy.
\nExercise is a low-cost, accessible, and patient-centered intervention that closely aligns with the principles of traditional, complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine.
\nThis session will provide clinicians, researchers, and allied health professionals with an evidence-based framework for integrating exercise medicine into comprehensive epilepsy care. Strategies to overcome barriers to participation and innovative research methodologies to advance the field will also be presented, supporting the integration of exercise as a key component of holistic epilepsy management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5147,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"schedule":[],"speaker-category":[6],"class_list":["post-5145","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speaker-category-speakers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRicardo Mario Arida | Federal University of S\u00e3o Paulo | Brazil<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ricardo Mario Arida is a Full Professor in the Department of Physiology, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, at the Federal University of S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Neurology at Universidade Federal de S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (1999) for his work on the relationship between epilepsy and physical exercise. He conducted postdoctoral research on the central fatigue hypothesis at Oxford University, UK (1999-2000). He was elected a Member of the Taskforce on Sports and Epilepsy - International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE -211-2017) and a Full Member of the S\u00e3o Paulo State Academy of Science. His scientific activity is documented by more than 250 publications in peer-reviewed, indexed international journals. He is the Section Editor for Neurosciences and Behavior of the Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, Associate Editor of the Journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, and Associate Researcher at the National Science for Education Network. His research focuses on neurophysiology, with an emphasis on neuroplasticity, physical exercise, and the brain. 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