Aerobic exercise improves cognitive functioning in people with schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 546-556

  Firth, Joseph ^a   Stubbs, Brendon ^b,c   Rosenbaum, Simon ^d   Vancampfort, Davy ^e,f   Malchow, Berend ^g   Schuch, Felipe ^h   Elliott, Rebecca ^a,i   Nuechterlein, Keith H ^j,k   Yung, Alison R ^a,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^f KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Cognition; Neurocognition; Neurocognitive; Physical activity; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGE; ALERTNESS; ATTENTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL COGNITION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; COMPLICATION; EXERCISE;

COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 85019715601     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbw115     Document Type: Review

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