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Attitudes of Flemish physiotherapy students towards mental health and psychiatryMichel Probst
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, K U Leuven and UPC K U Leuven, campus Kortenberg, Tervuursevest 101, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Physiotherapy 96:44-51. 2010..This study examined the attitudes of physiotherapy students towards psychiatry considering the subject's gender, previous experience with psychiatry and the impact of a specific course...
Fast psychomotor functioning in underweight anorexia nervosa patientsGuido Pieters
Behavior Therapy Department, UC St Jozef, Leuvensesteenweg 517, B3070, Kortenberg, Belgium
J Psychiatr Res 37:501-8. 2003..e. impaired attention) in these patients. The differences seem to be related to cognitive factors more than to motor (executive) components...- Body experience assessment in non-clinical male and female subjectsM Probst
University Psychiatric Centre K U Leuven, campus Kortenberg, B 3070 Kortenberg, Belgium
Eat Weight Disord 14:e16-21. 2009..More and more attention is also given to the body image of males. This study addresses the body image of non-clinical males in comparison to females by using well-know questionnaires... - Evaluation of body experience questionnaires in eating disorders in female patients (AN/BN) and nonclinical participantsMichel Probst
University Psychiatric Center K U Leuven, campus Kortenberg, Kortenberg, Belgium
Int J Eat Disord 41:657-65. 2008..Body image disturbance is an important factor in the development and the treatment of eating disorders. Therefore, evaluations of different instruments for measuring body image disturbances are necessary... - Body composition in girls and young women with anorexia nervosa: comparison of different equationsMichel Probst
Department of Eating Disorders, University Psychiatric Center K U Leuven, campus Kortenberg, Eating Disorders Unit, Belgium
Int J Eat Disord 41:180-3. 2008..The weight percentage of body fat in anorexic adolescents on the basis of four distinct formulas (Siri; Lohman; Westrate and Deurenberg; Heyward and Stolarczyk) is compared... - Metabolic syndrome and metabolic abnormalities in bipolar disorder: a meta-analysis of prevalence rates and moderatorsDavy Vancampfort
University Psychiatric Centre KU Leuven, campus Kortenberg, Kortenberg, Belgium
Am J Psychiatry 170:265-74. 2013..The authors sought to clarify the prevalence and moderators of metabolic syndrome in bipolar patients, accounting for subgroup differences... - State anxiety, psychological stress and positive well-being responses to yoga and aerobic exercise in people with schizophrenia: a pilot studyDavy Vancampfort
Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Disabil Rehabil 33:684-9. 2011.... - Fast psychomotor functioning in anorexia nervosa: effect of weight restorationGuido Pieters
Behaviour Therapy Department, University Centre St Jozef, Kortenberg, Belgium
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 27:931-42. 2005..The finding of a consistent pattern of shorter reaction and drawing times in AN patients before and after weight restoration is compatible with a personality characteristic of perfectionism and overachievement in AN patients... - Differentiation of cognitive and motor aspects in a digit symbol substitution test in Anorexia nervosa patients, before and after weight restorationGuido Pieters
Behaviour Therapy Department, UC St Jozef, Kortenberg, Belgium
Psychopathology 37:227-32. 2004..These differences persisted with weight restoration... - Lack of physical activity during leisure time contributes to an impaired health related quality of life in patients with schizophreniaDavy Vancampfort
University Psychiatric Centre Catholic University Leuven, campus Kortenberg, Kortenberg, Belgium
Schizophr Res 129:122-7. 2011..We also evaluated whether the presence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) could explain the variability in HRQL in patients... - Walking capacity is associated with health related quality of life and physical activity level in patients with schizophrenia: a preliminary reportAna Martín-Sierra
University Psychiatric Centre K U Leuven, campus Kortenberg, Belgium
Actas Esp Psiquiatr 39:211-6. 2011..To examine walking capacity in patients with schizophrenia and the relation with quality of life and physical activity level... - Effects of progressive muscle relaxation on state anxiety and subjective well-being in people with schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trialDavy Vancampfort
University Psychiatric Centre Catholic University Leuven, campus Kortenberg, Kortenberg, Belgium
Clin Rehabil 25:567-75. 2011..To examine the efficacy of a single progressive muscle relaxation session compared with a control condition on state anxiety, psychological stress, fatigue and subjective well-being in patients with schizophrenia... - Relationships between physical fitness, physical activity, smoking and metabolic and mental health parameters in people with schizophreniaDavy Vancampfort
University Psychiatric Centre Catholic University Leuven, campus Kortenberg, Kortenberg, Belgium Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Catholic University Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium Electronic address
Psychiatry Res 207:25-32. 2013..Less physically active patients who smoke and suffer from high levels of negative, depressive and/or cognitive symptoms might benefit from specific rehabilitation interventions aimed at increasing physical fitness... - Quality assessment of physical activity recommendations within clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and treatment of cardio-metabolic risk factors in people with schizophreniaDavy Vancampfort
University Psychiatric Centre Catholic University Leuven, campus Kortenberg, Leuvensesteenweg 517, Kortenberg, Belgium
Community Ment Health J 47:703-10. 2011..High quality recommendations are highly needed along with specific practical advice for persons with schizophrenia, family members and health care professionals... - International Organization of Physical Therapy in Mental Health consensus on physical activity within multidisciplinary rehabilitation programmes for minimising cardio-metabolic risk in patients with schizophreniaDavy Vancampfort
University Psychiatric Centre Catholic University Leuven, Kortenberg, Belgium
Disabil Rehabil 34:1-12. 2012..The aim of this paper is to improve physical activity (PA) within rehabilitation programmes for people with schizophrenia... - A review of physical activity correlates in patients with bipolar disorderDavy Vancampfort
University Psychiatric Center, Catholic University Leuven, campus Kortenberg, Kortenberg, Belgium
J Affect Disord 145:285-91. 2013..The present review evaluates systematically quantitative studies of correlates of physical activity in patients with bipolar disorder... - Progressive muscle relaxation in persons with schizophrenia: a systematic review of randomized controlled trialsDavy Vancampfort
University Psychiatric Centre Catholic University Leuven, campus Kortenberg, Kortenberg, Belgium
Clin Rehabil 27:291-8. 2013..The aim of this systematic review was to assess the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation on psychological distress and anxiety symptoms and on response/remission for people with schizophrenia... - Reliability, minimal detectable changes, practice effects and correlates of the 6-min walk test in patients with schizophreniaDavy Vancampfort
University Psychiatric Center, Catholic University Leuven, campus Kortenberg, Kortenberg, Belgium
Psychiatry Res 187:62-7. 2011..The 6 MWT can be recommended for evaluating the functional exercise capacity in patients with schizophrenia. Some practice effect could however not be excluded... - Systematic review of the benefits of physical therapy within a multidisciplinary care approach for people with schizophreniaDavy Vancampfort
Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Phys Ther 92:11-23. 2012..Although schizophrenia is the fifth leading cause of disability-adjusted life years worldwide in people aged 15 to 44 years, the clinical evidence of physical therapy as a complementary treatment remains largely unknown... - Considering a frame of reference for physical activity research related to the cardiometabolic risk profile in schizophreniaDavy Vancampfort
University Psychiatric Center, Catholic University Leuven, campus Kortenberg, Belgium
Psychiatry Res 177:271-9. 2010..More research is needed to assist in the practical development of effective evidence-based preventive and curative strategies in psychiatric services for metabolic syndrome in persons with schizophrenia... - Drive for thinness, affect regulation and physical activity in eating disorders: a daily life studyKristof Vansteelandt
Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuvensesteenweg 517, Kortenberg, Belgium
Behav Res Ther 45:1717-34. 2007..By using a daily process design, characteristics of physical activity were revealed that have not been identified with assessment methods that have a lower time resolution... - Variability in affective activation predicts non-suicidal self-injury in eating disordersKristof Vansteelandt
University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven Campus Kortenberg, Leuvensesteenweg 517, Kortenberg, Belgium
Eur Eat Disord Rev 21:143-7. 2013..It is suggested that the treatment of NSSI should focus on affect stabilization rather than reducing negative affect... 
An impaired health related muscular fitness contributes to a reduced walking capacity in patients with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional studyDavy Vancampfort
University Psychiatric Centre Catholic University Leuven, campus Kortenberg, Kortenberg, Belgium
BMC Psychiatry 13:5. 2013..Secondly, we identified variables that could explain the variability in walking capacity and in health related muscular fitness in patients with schizophrenia...- Associations between sedentary behaviour and metabolic parameters in patients with schizophreniaDavy Vancampfort
University Psychiatric Centre Catholic University Leuven, campus Kortenberg, Kortenberg, Belgium
Psychiatry Res 200:73-8. 2012..A stepwise backward-elimination multivariate regression analysis demonstrated that sitting time is a significant predictor for BMI. Current results suggest patients with schizophrenia may benefit from reducing total sitting time... - Hyperactivity in anorexia nervosa: a case study using experience sampling methodologyKristof Vansteelandt
Department of Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Eat Behav 5:67-74. 2004..In this patient, obsessions and compulsions were not related to hyperactivity. The usefulness of ESM for studying the role of hyperactivity in AN is discussed... - Body composition in bulimia nervosa patients compared to healthy femalesMichel Probst
University Center St Jozef, 3070 Kortenberg, Belgium
Eur J Nutr 43:288-96. 2004....