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Evidence suggests Walking mayincreaseSleep.
25 studies (54 claims)
Moderate consensus
Typical effective dose 75 (72.5–77.5) %across 2 dosed studies
Study Claims
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a 12-week brisk walking and diet education program | Increases - improved | total sleep time | Human | patients with esophageal cancer | Brisk walking (specific frequency/intensity not detailed) and diet education. | Effects of Rehabilitation Program on Quality of Life, Sleep, Rest-Activity Rhythms, Anxiety, and Depression of Patients With Esophageal Cancer: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 8× |
| 20-30 min of stride walking | Increases - to improve | sleep quality | Human | postpartum women with disordered sleep | 20-30 minutes of stride walking (frequency not specified). | Outcomes of a walking exercise intervention in postpartum women with disordered sleep.cited 9× |
| a 12-week stride walking exercise intervention | Decreases - perceived milder physical symptoms associated with sleep inefficiency | physical symptoms associated with sleep inefficiency | Human | postpartum women with poor sleep quality | 20-30 minutes of stride walking (frequency not specified). | Outcomes of a walking exercise intervention in postpartum women with disordered sleep.cited 9× |
| daily aerobic walking exercise | Increases - beneficial to | sleep health | Human | research volunteers | Daily aerobic walking exercise (specific duration/intensity not detailed) | Effects of a pedometer-based walking intervention on young adults' sleep quality, stress and life satisfaction: Randomized controlled trial.cited 9× |
| pedometer-based daily walking exercise | Increases - improvement effect | sleep quality | Human | — | Daily aerobic walking exercise (specific duration/intensity not detailed) | Effects of a pedometer-based walking intervention on young adults' sleep quality, stress and life satisfaction: Randomized controlled trial.cited 9× |
| A walking intervention | Decreases - might reduce | sleep latency | Human | working persons without exercise habits | 10,000 steps daily | Does subjective sleep quality improve by a walking intervention? A real-world study in a Japanese workplace.cited 19× |
| A walking intervention | Increases - might increase | total sleep duration | Human | working persons without exercise habits | 10,000 steps daily | Does subjective sleep quality improve by a walking intervention? A real-world study in a Japanese workplace.cited 19× |
| A walking intervention with a target of walking 10 000 steps daily for 4 weeks | Increases - significantly improved | perceived sleep quality | Human | 214 participants with exercise habits (exercising group, EG) | 10,000 steps daily | Does subjective sleep quality improve by a walking intervention? A real-world study in a Japanese workplace.cited 19× |
| A walking intervention with a target of walking 10 000 steps daily for 4 weeks | Increases - significantly improved | perceived sleep quality | Human | 276 participants without exercise habits (non-EG) | 10,000 steps daily | Does subjective sleep quality improve by a walking intervention? A real-world study in a Japanese workplace.cited 19× |
| A walking intervention with a target of walking 10 000 steps daily for 4 weeks | Increases - improved | perceived sleep quality factor | Human | 490 healthy workers | 10,000 steps daily | Does subjective sleep quality improve by a walking intervention? A real-world study in a Japanese workplace.cited 19× |
| A walking intervention with a target of walking 10 000 steps daily for 4 weeks | Increases - improved | sleep duration (hours) | Human | 490 healthy workers | 10,000 steps daily | Does subjective sleep quality improve by a walking intervention? A real-world study in a Japanese workplace.cited 19× |
| A walking intervention with a target of walking 10 000 steps daily for 4 weeks | Increases - significantly improved | sleep duration | Human | 276 participants without exercise habits (non-EG) | 10,000 steps daily | Does subjective sleep quality improve by a walking intervention? A real-world study in a Japanese workplace.cited 19× |
| A walking intervention with a target of walking 10 000 steps daily for 4 weeks | Decreases - improved | sleep latency (minutes) | Human | 490 healthy workers | 10,000 steps daily | Does subjective sleep quality improve by a walking intervention? A real-world study in a Japanese workplace.cited 19× |
| A walking intervention with a target of walking 10 000 steps daily for 4 weeks | Decreases - significantly improved | sleep latency | Human | 276 participants without exercise habits (non-EG) | 10,000 steps daily | Does subjective sleep quality improve by a walking intervention? A real-world study in a Japanese workplace.cited 19× |
| regular longer walking time | Increases - could improve | sleep quality | Human | people with Alzheimer disease | Weekly duration of walking (specific hours not provided). | Sundown Syndrome, Sleep Quality, and Walking Among Community-Dwelling People With Alzheimer Disease.cited 19× |
| walking with relatives | Increases - could improve | sleep quality | Human | people with Alzheimer disease | Weekly duration of walking (specific hours not provided). | Sundown Syndrome, Sleep Quality, and Walking Among Community-Dwelling People With Alzheimer Disease.cited 19× |
| well-designed walking intervention | Increases - could be an appropriate strategy to manage | sleep quality | Human | people with Alzheimer disease | Weekly duration of walking (specific hours not provided). | Sundown Syndrome, Sleep Quality, and Walking Among Community-Dwelling People With Alzheimer Disease.cited 19× |
| a 7-week combination of resistance training, walking and social activity | Increases - significantly improved | sleep | Human | institutionalized older adults | Not specified for walking (resistance training: chest and leg press exercises, three sets, eight repetitions, 80% predicted one-repetition maximum). | Resistance training does not alter same-day sleep architecture in institutionalized older adults.cited 3× |
| 12-week exercise intervention including home-based walking exercise training and weekly exercise counseling | Increases - improved | objective sleep quality | Human | lung cancer patients | Not specified (home-based walking exercise training and weekly exercise counseling) | Effect of walking on circadian rhythms and sleep quality of patients with lung cancer: a randomised controlled trial.cited 62× |
| 12-week exercise intervention including home-based walking exercise training and weekly exercise counseling | Increases - improved | subjective sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, PSQI) | Human | lung cancer patients | Not specified (home-based walking exercise training and weekly exercise counseling) | Effect of walking on circadian rhythms and sleep quality of patients with lung cancer: a randomised controlled trial.cited 62× |
| resistance training combined with walking | Increases - significantly improved | sleep quality | Human | older adults | Not specified | Comparative efficacy of exercise regimens on sleep quality in older adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.cited 33× |
| muscle endurance training combined with walking | Increases - significantly improved | sleep quality | Human | older adults | Not specified | Comparative efficacy of exercise regimens on sleep quality in older adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.cited 33× |
| muscle endurance training combined with walking | Increases - led to significantly higher | sleep quality | Human | older adults | Not specified | Comparative efficacy of exercise regimens on sleep quality in older adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.cited 33× |
| muscle endurance training combined with walking | Increases - was identified as the optimal exercise program | sleep quality | Human | older adults | Not specified | Comparative efficacy of exercise regimens on sleep quality in older adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.cited 33× |
| walking | No effect - compared the effect | impact of fibromyalgia, sleep quality, anxiety, depression, pain, walking ability, and musculoskeletal capacity | Human | patients with fibromyalgia | 40-minute treadmill walk at low intensity (60-70% of maximum heart rate). | Effects of progressive intensity resistance training on the impact of fibromyalgia: protocol for a blinded randomized controlled trial.cited 1× |
| walking | Increases - effective for improving | sleep | Human | all populations studied | Not specified | The effect of physical activity on sleep disturbance in various populations: a scoping review of randomized clinical trials.cited 17× |
| walking | Decreases - improvement | sleep deficiency | Human | women with breast cancer | Not specified | Effects of Exercise on Sleep in Women with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review.cited 14× |
| walking | Decreases - more effective than yoga | sleep disturbance | Human | cancer patients | Moderate-intensity walking (specific frequency/duration not detailed). | Walking is more effective than yoga at reducing sleep disturbance in cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 18× |
| walking | Decreases - significantly improved | sleep disturbance | Human | cancer patients | Moderate-intensity walking (specific frequency/duration not detailed). | Walking is more effective than yoga at reducing sleep disturbance in cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 18× |
| moderate-intensity walking | Decreases - recommended | sleep disturbance | Human | cancer patients | Moderate-intensity walking (specific frequency/duration not detailed). | Walking is more effective than yoga at reducing sleep disturbance in cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 18× |
| treadmill brisk walking exercise combined with music in the evening | Increases - exhibited beneficial effects | subjective sleep quality | Human | sedentary older adults with chronic insomnia | 30 minutes per session (frequency not specified). | Comparing the effects of music and exercise with music for older adults with insomnia.cited 20× |
| walking-based intervention | Decreases - showed a significant mean improvement | Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index global score | Human | patients with RA | 28 sessions spread over 8 weeks (2-5 times/week), with 1 supervised session per week. | The feasibility of an exercise intervention to improve sleep (time, quality and disturbance) in people with rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot RCT.cited 16× |
| walking-based intervention | Increases - reporting improvements | sleep duration | Human | patients with RA | 28 sessions spread over 8 weeks (2-5 times/week), with 1 supervised session per week. | The feasibility of an exercise intervention to improve sleep (time, quality and disturbance) in people with rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot RCT.cited 16× |
| walking-based intervention | Increases - reporting improvements | sleep quality | Human | patients with RA | 28 sessions spread over 8 weeks (2-5 times/week), with 1 supervised session per week. | The feasibility of an exercise intervention to improve sleep (time, quality and disturbance) in people with rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot RCT.cited 16× |
| promoting walking in second half of pregnancy through use of pedometer and health pre-registration of a goal to be achieved -'10,000-11,000 steps a day'- | Increases - will increase | sleep quality | Human | pregnant women | Intervention group I1: 11,000 steps/day; Intervention group I2: pedometer use without a step goal. | Walking in pregnancy and prevention of insomnia in third trimester using pedometers: study protocol of Walking_Preg project (WPP). A randomized controlled trial.cited 14× |
| walking program | Increases - increasing | sleep quality | Human | pregnant women | Intervention group I1: 11,000 steps/day; Intervention group I2: pedometer use without a step goal. | Walking in pregnancy and prevention of insomnia in third trimester using pedometers: study protocol of Walking_Preg project (WPP). A randomized controlled trial.cited 14× |
| outdoor mindful walking in nature | Increases - resulted in significant improvements | participants' trait mindfulness, sleep quality and mood | Human | participants | Not specified | Effectiveness of a mindful nature walking intervention on sleep quality and mood in university students during Covid-19: A randomised control study.cited 4× |
| outdoor mindful walking in nature | Increases - effectively improve | university students' sleep quality, mood, and mindfulness | Human | university students during the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.K. | Not specified | Effectiveness of a mindful nature walking intervention on sleep quality and mood in university students during Covid-19: A randomised control study.cited 4× |
| mindful walking outdoors | Increases - improves | sleep quality and mindfulness level | Human | university students | Not specified | Effectiveness of a mindful nature walking intervention on sleep quality and mood in university students during Covid-19: A randomised control study.cited 4× |
| walking with a pedometer | Increases - improved to a significantly greater extent | habitual sleep efficiency | Human | postmenopausal Iranian women | Increasing walking distance by 500 steps per week. | Impact of pedometer-based walking on menopausal women's sleep quality: a randomized controlled trial.cited 20× |
| walking with a pedometer | Decreases - improved to a significantly greater extent | sleep disturbances | Human | postmenopausal Iranian women | Increasing walking distance by 500 steps per week. | Impact of pedometer-based walking on menopausal women's sleep quality: a randomized controlled trial.cited 20× |
| walking with a pedometer | Increases - improved to a significantly greater extent | sleep duration | Human | postmenopausal Iranian women | Increasing walking distance by 500 steps per week. | Impact of pedometer-based walking on menopausal women's sleep quality: a randomized controlled trial.cited 20× |
| walking with a pedometer | Decreases - improved to a significantly greater extent | sleep latency | Human | postmenopausal Iranian women | Increasing walking distance by 500 steps per week. | Impact of pedometer-based walking on menopausal women's sleep quality: a randomized controlled trial.cited 20× |
| walking with a pedometer | Increases - improved to a significantly greater extent | subjective sleep quality | Human | postmenopausal Iranian women | Increasing walking distance by 500 steps per week. | Impact of pedometer-based walking on menopausal women's sleep quality: a randomized controlled trial.cited 20× |
| walking with a pedometer | Increases - was significantly higher | total sleep quality score | Human | postmenopausal Iranian women | Increasing walking distance by 500 steps per week. | Impact of pedometer-based walking on menopausal women's sleep quality: a randomized controlled trial.cited 20× |
| low-impact daily PA, like walking | Increases - positively related to | sleep | Human | healthy adults | Not specified (intervention aimed at increasing daily steps). | Walk to a better night of sleep: testing the relationship between physical activity and sleep.cited 73× |
| daily walking for 30 min (control group) | No effect - remained at the same level as pretest performance | gait performance, functional mobility and sleep quality | Human | Parkinson disease (PD) patients | Daily walking for 30 minutes (both groups); Baduanjin Qigong group also performed four 45-minute sessions weekly. | Effect of health Baduanjin Qigong for mild to moderate Parkinson's disease.cited 86× |
| walking promotion program from the 12th Gestational Week (GW) of pregnancy | No effect - did not help to improve | quality of sleep | Human | pregnant women | Maximum intervention group aimed for 10,000 steps/day; minimum intervention group used pedometers without a step goal. | Walking Promotion in Pregnancy and Its Effects on Insomnia: Results of Walking_Preg Project (WPP) Clinical Trial.cited 3× |
| smartphone-based gamified walking intervention | Increases - significantly improved | sleep levels | Human | hemodialysis patients | Twelve-week intervention (frequency not specified). | Effects of gamified versus pedometer-based walking intervention on physical activity, fatigue, and sleep quality among hemodialysis patients: a quasi-experimental study. |
| Qing Dai cream walking jar | Decreases - were significantly lower | sleep condition | Human | patients with psoriasis vulgaris | Not specified | Research on Nursing Intervention of Qing Dai Cream Walking Jar on Pruritic Discomfort in Patients with Common Psoriasis. |
| a single bout of light-intensity walking | Increases - improvement | sleep efficiency | Human | older women with mild sleep impairment | 50 minutes of treadmill walking (single session). | Effects of an Acute Bout of Light-Intensity Walking on Sleep in Older Women With Sleep Impairment: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 11× |
| a single bout of light-intensity walking | Decreases - led to a modest reduction | sleep latency | Human | older women with mild sleep impairment | 50 minutes of treadmill walking (single session). | Effects of an Acute Bout of Light-Intensity Walking on Sleep in Older Women With Sleep Impairment: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 11× |
| a single bout of light-intensity walking | Decreases - has a positive effect on shortening | sleep latency | Human | patients with bladder cancer who have sleep disorders | Single bout of light-intensity walking (specific duration/frequency not detailed). | Effect of a Single Light-intensity Walking Session on Sleep Quality of Patients with Bladder Cancer: A Randomized Cross-Over Study.cited 3× |
| a single bout of light-intensity walking | No effect - no significant group × time interactions were observed | the remaining seven sleep parameters | Human | patients with bladder cancer with sleep disorders | Single bout of light-intensity walking (specific duration/frequency not detailed). | Effect of a Single Light-intensity Walking Session on Sleep Quality of Patients with Bladder Cancer: A Randomized Cross-Over Study.cited 3× |
| a prescribed walking program | Decreases - had significantly less | sleep disturbance | Human | patients undergoing chemotherapy for breast, lung, gynecologic, or gastrointestinal cancer | Not specified | Prescribed Walking for Glycemic Control and Symptom Management in Patients Without Diabetes Undergoing Chemotherapy.cited 14× |