Isabel Maurus, Lukas Roell, Moritz Lembeck, Irina Papazova, David Greska, Susanne Muenz, Elias Wagner, Mattia Campana, Rebecca Schwaiger, Thomas Schneider-Axmann, Kerstin Rosenberger, Martin Hellmich, Eliska Sykorova, Cristina E Thieme, Bob O Vogel, Carolin Harder, Sebastian Mohnke, Charlotte Huppertz, Astrid Roeh, Katriona Keller-Varady, Berend Malchow, Henrik Walter, Bernd Wolfarth, Wolfgang Wölwer, Karsten Henkel, Dusan Hirjak, Andrea Schmitt, Alkomiet Hasan, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Peter Falkai
Current treatment methods do not achieve recovery for most individuals with schizophrenia, and symptoms such as negative symptoms and cognitive deficits often persist. Aerobic endurance training has been suggested as a potential add-on treatment targeting both physical and mental health. We performed a large-scale multicenter, rater-blind, parallel-group randomized controlled clinical trial in individuals with stable schizophrenia. Participants underwent a professionally supervised six-month training comprising either aerobic endurance training (AET) or flexibility, strengthening, and balance training (FSBT, control group), follow-up was another six months...
September 10, 2023: Psychiatry Research