Health-related physical fitness in patients with bipolar disorder vs. healthy controls: an exploratory study

Journal of Affective Disorders
Davy VancampfortMichel Probst

Abstract

Low physical fitness has been recognized as a prominent behavioral risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality. To date, no studies have systematically assessed physical fitness in patients with bipolar disorder. The aim of the current study was to assess and compare the physical fitness in patients with bipolar disorder against healthy controls. Thirty patients with bipolar disorder (16♂, 40.8±11.6 years) and 30 age-, gender- and body mass index (BMI)-matched healthy controls were included. All participants performed the Eurofit test battery and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Patients were screened for psychiatric symptoms using the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology and Hypomania Checklist-32. Patients with bipolar disorder had a reduced speed of limb movement (15.8±5.7 vs. 11.8±2.2s; p<0.001), explosive leg muscle strength (134.9±49.0 vs. 167.6±32.3cm; p=0.003) and abdominal muscular endurance (11.5±7.8 vs. 18.3±7.6; p<0.001). Backward regression analyses demonstrated that longer illness duration, higher body mass index, higher levels of depression and a lower physical activity level explained the variance in physical fitness. Our data are cross...Continue Reading

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Sep 27, 2015·Psychopharmacology·Virginio SalviGiuseppe Maina
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