Exercise types showed different immediate fatigue responses in psychiatric rehabilitation
Wellbeing and distress improved after both exercise types. Fatigue rose after resistance training and fell after aerobic exercise among people receiving psychiatric rehabilitation.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
Both exercise groups reported better wellbeing and less psychological distress shortly after a session. Fatigue increased with resistance training and decreased with aerobic exercise, with a statistically significant difference in its pattern of change. This abstract-based account concerns immediate experiences among people with psychotic disorders in psychiatric rehabilitation; it does not establish lasting symptom improvement.
The abstract provides no confidence intervals for these changes. Immediate responses cannot establish lasting recovery, and an active exercise comparison cannot show how either approach compares with no exercise.
What researchers found
Immediate fatigue change within each group, Hedges' g
Before versus 10 minutes after exercise during weeks 3 and 8; changes differed significantly between groups.
Understanding the fatigue scale
Hedges' g expresses change in standard deviation units, relative to the spread of scores. These values describe each group's change: positive means increased fatigue and negative means decreased fatigue, rather than questionnaire points or percentages.
Clinical features and fatigue
Higher fatigue was associated with depressed mood and a measure called controlled motivation at baseline. These associations do not show why fatigue changed or whether changing mood or motivation would alter the exercise response.
The original publication
Immediate Psychological Responses to Aerobic and Resistance Exercise in People With Psychotic Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
Korman N, Chapman J, Romain AJ et al.
Schizophr Bull · 2026
- PubMed ID
- 41863360
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