A systematic review and meta-analysis of exercise interventions in schizophrenia patients

J Firth, J Cotter, R Elliott, P French… - Psychological medicine, 2015 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe typically poor outcomes of schizophrenia could be improved through
interventions that reduce cardiometabolic risk, negative symptoms and cognitive deficits; …

Mental health starts with physical health: current status and future directions of non-pharmacological interventions to improve physical health in first-episode psychosis

J Gates, E Killackey, L Phillips… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
People with psychotic disorders have reduced life expectancy compared with the general
population. This difference is primarily due to increased prevalence of cardiovascular …

Exercise as an intervention for first‐episode psychosis: a feasibility study

J Firth, R Carney, R Elliott, P French… - Early intervention in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Exercise can improve psychiatric symptoms, neurocognitive functioning and physical
health in schizophrenia. However, the effects in early psychosis have not been explored …

Too bored for sports? Adaptive and less-adaptive latent personality profiles for exercise behavior

W Wolff, M Bieleke, J Stähler, J Schüler - Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2021 - Elsevier
Physical exercise is an effective tool for improving public health, but the general population
exercises too little. Drawing on recent theorizing on the combined role of boredom and self …

Enhancing cognitive training through aerobic exercise after a first schizophrenia episode: theoretical conception and pilot study

KH Nuechterlein, J Ventura, SC McEwen… - Schizophrenia …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Cognitive training (CT) and aerobic exercise have separately shown promise for improving
cognitive deficits in schizophrenia. Aerobic exercise releases brain-derived neurotrophic …

Outdoor cycling improves clinical symptoms, cognition and objectively measured physical activity in patients with schizophrenia: A randomized controlled trial

J Ryu, JH Jung, J Kim, CH Kim, HB Lee, DH Kim… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose The therapeutic effects of outdoor cycling (OC) and its benefits on physical activity
(PA) were investigated in people with schizophrenia. Methods Sixty patients with …

The effects and determinants of exercise participation in first-episode psychosis: a qualitative study

J Firth, R Carney, L Jerome, R Elliott, P French… - BMC psychiatry, 2016 - Springer
Background Previous qualitative studies have found that exercise may facilitate symptomatic
and functional recovery in people with long-term schizophrenia. This study examined the …

Physical activity, positive and negative symptoms of psychosis, and general psychopathology among people with psychotic disorders: A meta-analysis

E Swora, M Boberska, E Kulis, N Knoll, J Keller… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Objective: Existing reviews provided evidence for the associations between higher physical
activity (PA) and lower negative symptoms of psychosis among people with schizophrenia …

[HTML][HTML] A combined exercise and cognitive training intervention induces fronto-cingulate cortical plasticity in first-episode psychosis patients

SC McEwen, B Jarrahi, J Ventura, KL Subotnik… - Schizophrenia …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Schizophrenia (SZ) is characterized by neurobiological and associated cognitive
and functional deficits, including pronounced cortical thinning, that lead to acute and long …

Prefrontal and hippocampal brain volume deficits: role of low physical activity on brain plasticity in first-episode schizophrenia patients

SC McEwen, A Hardy, BM Ellingson… - Journal of the …, 2015 - cambridge.org
Our objective in the present study was to conduct the first empirical study of the effects of
regular physical activity habits and their relationship with brain volume and cortical thickness …