Physical Exercise in Patients With Schizophrenia

12 multi-joint strength exercises will be developed. Participants will be taught the rating scale of perceived exertion (RPE) based on the number of repetitions in reserve (RIR). Participants will be asked that during the performance of each of the exercises they must perceive an effort between 7-8 within the overall score of the scale (0-10; 0 = no effort at all and 10 = cannot perform one more repetition, i.e. maximal effort). When subjects perform the 12 repetitions with lower perceived exertion than the set effort in two consecutive sessions with full range of motion the training load will be increased by about 2-10% following the American College of Sports Medicine guidelines and reassessed using the RIR-based RPE. Patients in the usual treatment group will continue to participate in their existing rehabilitation programmes, but will not be included in the strength training programme.

Normal life and carry out all the activities they have been doing previously.