Grip Strength Is Associated with Cognitive Performance in Schizophrenia and the General Population: A UK Biobank Study of 476559 Participants

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 728-736

  Firth, Joseph ^a,b   Stubbs, Brendon ^c,d   Vancampfort, Davy ^e,f   Firth, Josh A ^g,h   Large, Matthew ^i,j   Rosenbaum, Simon ^j,k   Hallgren, Mats ^l   Ward, Philip B ^j,m   Sarris, Jerome ^a,n   Yung, Alison R ^b,o  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h MERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^k BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^l KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^m INGHAM INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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

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Author keywords

cognitive decline; exercise; neuropsychological; psychosis; psychotic disorders; resistance training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUMBER MEMORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE MEMORY; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HAND STRENGTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 85048312379     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sby034     Document Type: Article

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