Yoko Tsuji 1 , Yoshiteru Akezaki 2 , Hitomi Katsumura 3 , Tomihiro Hara 3 , Yuki Sawashita 3 , Hitoshi Kakizaki 3 , Kohei Mori 1 , Yoshimi Yuri 1 , Takuo Nomura 1 , Fumio Hirao 3 Show Affiliations »
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the factors affecting walking speed in schizophrenia patients who were inpatients at a psychiatric hospital. METHODS: The study subjects were 37 patients with schizophrenia who were hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital. The measured assessment items included age, duration of hospitalization, duration of disease, muscle strength (30-s chair stand test), balance ability (one-leg standing time with eyes open/closed, Functional Reach Test, and Timed Up & Go Test), flexibility (long sitting position toe-touching distance), walking speed (10-m maximum walking speed), and the antipsychotic drug intake. RESULTS: The walking speed was found to be correlated with the results of the 30-s chair stand test, the one-leg standing time with eyes open, the one-leg standing time with eyes closed, and the Timed Up & Go Test. Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that only the Timed Up & Go Test results affected walking speed. CONCLUSION: In schizophrenia patients, walking speed is influenced by balance and lower-limb muscle force, just as it is for patients without mental diseases. In schizophrenia patients, the dynamic balance ability has a strong influence on the walking speed. ©2019 The Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine.
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the factors affecting walking speed in schizophrenia patients who were inpatients at a psychiatric hospital. METHODS: The study subjects were 37 patients with schizophrenia who were hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital. The measured assessment items included age, duration of hospitalization, duration of disease, muscle strength (30-s chair stand test), balance ability (one-leg standing time with eyes open/closed, Functional Reach Test, and Timed Up & Go Test), flexibility (long sitting position toe-touching distance), walking speed (10-m maximum walking speed), and the antipsychotic drug intake. RESULTS: The walking speed was found to be correlated with the results of the 30-s chair stand test, the one-leg standing time with eyes open, the one-leg standing time with eyes closed, and the Timed Up & Go Test. Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that only the Timed Up & Go Test results affected walking speed. CONCLUSION: In schizophrenia patients, walking speed is influenced by balance and lower-limb muscle force, just as it is for patients without mental diseases. In schizophrenia patients, the dynamic balance ability has a strong influence on the walking speed. ©2019 The Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Entities: Chemical
Keywords:
balance; muscle strength; schizophrenia
Year: 2019
PMID： 32789250 PMCID： PMC7365212 DOI： 10.2490/prm.20190003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Prog Rehabil Med ISSN： 2432-1354