Abstract
The present study was conducted to clarify the clinical findings of a patient with schizophrenia during physical therapy treatment, especially problems presented in preparing and conducting PT program. Subjects were 129 patients with schizophrenia, who received physical therapy due to physical disability, during the period from July 1997 to March 2000. They consisted of 58 males aged 49.8±13.4 years in average and 71 females aged 52.7±15.9 years in average, and their psychotic symptoms were well controlled. According to the assessment scale of mental condition, developed by our PT department, subjects demonstrated five factors; disorder of recognition/volition, disorder of attention, decrease in activity, symptoms of anxiety, and rejection of negation. These five psychotic symptoms should be taken into consideration when preparing and conducting PT program for patients with schizophrenia.
