What is it about?

The objective is to determine the effectiveness of a combined exercise program on cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), body composition, and biochemical levels in adults with schizophrenia (SZ) characterized at baseline as metabolically unhealthy overweight with low CRF

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Why is it important?

This study demonstrated that a supervised combined exercise program in people with SZ helps to maintain body composition values and improve CRF levels. This could lead to an important clinical change in the characterization from metabolically unhealthy overweight to a metabolically healthy overweight population.

Perspectives

Exercise should be considered a co-adjuvant program in the treatment of the SZ population.

Dr SARA MALDONADO-MARTIN
UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY (UPV/EHU)

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This page is a summary of: As We Were and as We Should Be, Combined Exercise Training in Adults with Schizophrenia: CORTEX-SP Study Part I, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, August 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health,
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000003284.
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