Evaluation of physical fitness parameters in patients with schizophrenia
| Autor: | Ümit Şener, Kağan Üçok, Tolgahan Acar, Hatice Karabacak, Erman Bagcioglu, Abdurrahman Genç, Kerem Senol Coskun, Ömer Özbulut, Ozan Alper Alkoc |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Status Physical fitness Body fat percentage Pulmonary function testing Oxygen Consumption Internal medicine medicine Body Fat Distribution Humans Exercise Biological Psychiatry Wingate test Exercise Tolerance business.industry VO2 max Middle Aged Skinfold Thickness Psychiatry and Mental health Physical Fitness Case-Control Studies Body Composition Exercise Test Schizophrenia Lean body mass Physical therapy Cardiology Female Energy Metabolism business Anaerobic exercise Bioelectrical impedance analysis |
| Zdroj: | Psychiatry Research. 210:806-811 |
| ISSN: | 0165-1781 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.09.015 |
| Popis: | The aims of this study were to compare aerobic and anaerobic exercise capacities, pulmonary functions, body composition and fat distribution parameters in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls and to investigate the associations among these parameters. Sixty (30 male, 30 female) patients with schizophrenia and 60 (30 male, 30 female) healthy controls were included in the study. Maximal aerobic capacity was estimated with the Astrand submaximal exercise protocol, and anaerobic performance was determined with a Wingate test. Body composition was established with a bioelectrical impedance analyzer. Pulmonary function tests, skinfold thickness and body circumference measurements were also carried out. Maximal aerobic capacity, maximal anaerobic power, anaerobic capacity and pulmonary function tests (forced vital capacity and maximal voluntary ventilation) were found to be lower in male and female schizophrenic groups as compared to the controls. Body fat percentage, waist and abdomen circumferences, and waist to hip ratio were found to be higher in female schizophrenic patients than in controls. We suggest that maximal aerobic capacity, maximal anaerobic power, and anaerobic capacity are poor in the schizophrenia patients as compared to healthy controls. Low cardiorespiratory fitness is related to reduced pulmonary function and impaired body composition in schizophrenia patients. |
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