@article{ref1,
title="Factors affecting walking speed in schizophrenia patients",
journal="Progress in rehabilitation medicine",
year="2019",
author="Tsuji, Yoko and Akezaki, Yoshiteru and Katsumura, Hitomi and Hara, Tomihiro and Sawashita, Yuki and Kakizaki, Hitoshi and Mori, Kohei and Yuri, Yoshimi and Nomura, Takuo and Hirao, Fumio",
volume="4",
number="",
pages="e20190003-e20190003",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2432-1354",
doi="10.2490/prm.20190003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2490/prm.20190003"
}