There is debate about whether exercise and fitness helps children with Scoliosis. However exercise has been found to benefit patients who suffer from many different diseases. This includes diseases that on the surface don't appear to have any relationship to physical fitness.
Exercise Helps Protect Brain of Multiple Sclerosis Patients, Study Suggests
Schizophrenia: Regular Exercise Guidelines Still Apply
Exercise Helps Protect Brain of Multiple Sclerosis Patients, Study Suggests
"We found that aerobic fitness has a protective effect on parts of the brain that are most affected by multiple sclerosis," said Ruchika Shaurya Prakash, lead author of the study and assistant professor of psychology at Ohio State University.
"Physically fit MS patients had fewer lesions compared to those who weren't as fit and the lesions they did have tended to be smaller," Prakash said. "This is significant and can help explain why the higher-fit patients did better on tests of brain functioning."
Regular exercise can play an important a role in improving the physical and mental wellbeing of individuals with schizophrenia, according to a review published in The Cochrane Library. Following a systematic review of the most up-to-date research on exercise in schizophrenia, researchers concluded that the current guidelines for exercise should be followed by people with schizophrenia just as they should by the general population.
The researchers found that exercise programmes improved mental state for measures including anxiety and depression, particularly when compared to standard care.
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