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Aerobic, Resistance and Inspiratory Muscle Training in Adults With Severe Mental Illness

NCT07758049 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 49

Last updated 2026-08-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

People with severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depression, tend to have poorer physical health and a shorter life expectancy than the general population. Exercise can help, but it is often difficult to keep up over time.

In this study, adults with severe mental illness took part in a 12-week supervised exercise programme, with two sessions per week. Each session combined stationary cycling, strength exercises on machines, and training of the muscles used for breathing. The programme also included ongoing support and follow-up to help participants keep attending.

Fitness, strength, breathing function and body composition were measured before and after the programme. The researchers also recorded how many participants stayed until the end and how often they attended, and interviewed participants about their experience: what motivated them to join, what helped them continue, and what made it difficult.

The aim is to find out whether this kind of programme is feasible, safe and acceptable for people with severe mental illness, and what changes it produces in their physical health.

Conditions

  • Severe Mental Disorder

Interventions

OTHER

Supervised multicomponent exercise programme

Twelve-week supervised programme delivered twice weekly (24 sessions of 45-60 minutes) in groups of up to eight participants, at a university sport and exercise research facility rather than a clinical setting. What distinguishes this intervention is the combination of three training components within every session, delivered consecutively: (1) 20 minutes of interval aerobic training on a cycle ergometer, alternating 1 minute of high intensity with 1 minute of active recovery, individualised to peak power output and progressing from 65% to 100% PPO; (2) 20 minutes of resistance training as a three-round circuit on seven digitally controlled machines, individualised to estimated maximal strength and periodised from 50-60% to 60-70% 1RM; and (3) inspiratory muscle training using a pressure threshold loading device, 6 sets of 5 maximal inspirations, individualised to maximal inspiratory pressure and progressing from 15% to 60% MIP at a frequency of two days per week rather than the daily

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidad Pablo de Olavide

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-09-09
Primary Completion
2023-12-21
Completion
2023-12-21

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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