The Effects of Three Different Modalities of Exercise in Patients With Schizophrenia (E-S)

Cardenal Herrera University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Schizophrenia

Treatments: Other: Experimental-Exercise training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03953664

UNIVERSITY CARDENAL HERRERA-22

Details and patient eligibility

About

Exercise has been shown to improve health in patients with schizophrenia. However, it remains unclear which modality of exercise reports better benefits.

Aim: To compare the effects of different modalities of exercise training on psychological and physiological variables in schizophrenia.

Full description

Exercise has been shown to improve psychological, physiological, and biological correlates in patients with schizophrenia. However, it remains unclear which modality of exercise reports better health benefits.

Aim: To compare the effects of three different modalities of exercise (aerobic, strength, aerobic-strength) on psychological and physiological variables in patients with schizophrenia.

Design: Randomized clinical trial

Enrollment: 84 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of Schizophrenia
• Age between 18-65 years

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with other mental diseases
• Patients with mental disabilities
• Patients who present motor or behavioral pathologies that prevent the realization of the exercise training.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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84 participants in 3 patient groups

Experimental-Strength training

Experimental group

Description:

Each session lass 60 minutes, during which time 20 minutes are allocated for warming up and cooling down (stretching) and 40 minutes are allocated to strength training exercise involving the major muscle groups.

Treatment:

Other: Experimental-Exercise training

Experimental-Aerobic training

Experimental group

Description:

Each session lass 60 minutes, during which time 20 minutes are allocated for warming up and cooling down (stretching) and 40 minutes are allocated to brisk walking.

Treatment:

Other: Experimental-Exercise training

Experimental-Strength/Aerobic training

Experimental group

Description:

Each session lass 60 minutes, during which time 20 minutes are allocated for warming up and cooling down (stretching), 15 minutes are allocated to brisk walking and 25 minutes are allocated to strength training involving the major muscle groups.

Treatment:

Other: Experimental-Exercise training