InMotion – Mixed physical exercise with creative movement as an intervention for people with schizophreniaShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)Conference paper, Poster (with or without abstract) (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is among the world’s top ten causes of long-term disability (World Health Organization, 2004). The major symptoms of SCZ include hallucinations, delusions, affective flattening, and cognitive impairment, and their treatment with antipsychotic medications is far from optimal.Creative and body awareness training (dance/movement therapy, body psychotherapy) and physical training (aerobic and strength training) improve SCZ symptoms (e.g Martin et al., 2016, 2017; Girdler et al., 2019; Millman et a., 2021). In our novel intervention, we bring together creativity and self-awareness with physical training. The 12-week 24-session intervention with 30 participants (Figure 1) includes components like visualization, cardio and strength training, and social interaction. We will measure the impact with standardized clinical questionnaires, EEG-fNIRS, motion capture, and cognitive, affective, and physical tests. We expect our intervention to improve the quality of life and negative symptoms of SCZ by balancing the brain functions and bodily state related to self-awareness, social interaction, and physical fitness. In my talk, I will cover brain dysfunctions related to self-awareness in SCZ (Ferri et al., 2012; Ebisch et al., 2013) and describe the scientific rationale for each component included in our novel intervention (e.g. Lee et al., 2015; Firth et al., 2017).
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023.
Keywords [en]
Schizophrenia, body awareness, creative movement, physical activity, brain imaging, motion capture, rehabilitation medicine
National Category
Other Health Sciences Nursing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-108517OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-108517DiVA, id: diva2:1800012
Conference
5th Body Representation Network Conference 2023, 14-15 September 2023, Majorca, Spain
2023-09-252023-09-252023-10-20Bibliographically approved