Abstract
Objective: This study aims to examine Avicenna's view of exercise in light of the information in his book Canon of Medicine and discuss his approaches to 'exercise' with today's literature.Methods: The study is qualitative. Five volumes work consisting of 6 books in total called El-Kânûn Fit-Tıbb (The Canon of Medicine) which are Turkish translation by Professor Esin Kâhya, were used for content analysis. In the Turkish translation of the book, the sections containing the subject of 'exercise' were sent to content analysis. Avicenna's comments in the relevant sections were analyzed and interpreted in-depth.Results: It was observed that the themes of 'exercise' were handled in the first and fourth books of the five-volume book. According to the theme of 'exercise' in Avicenna's book called Canon of Medicine; six main topics that can be categorized under the main headings of 'prevention of health and exercise, physiological effects of exercise on heart rate, factors related to exercise timing, exercise-related problems, excess/insufficiency of exercise in the etiology of the disease, and exercise in the treatment' have been determined.Conclusion: Although many of the comments and suggestions on 'exercise' in the Canon of Medicine book were made without modern technological opportunities, their equivalents in the current literature containing evidence-based contemporary medical data can be considered as proof that Avicenna was a physician who transcended the ages.
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