The importance of promoting physical activity during the COVID-19 outbreak to control the worsening of old pandemics



Título del documento: The importance of promoting physical activity during the COVID-19 outbreak to control the worsening of old pandemics
Revista: Brazilian Journal of Motor Behavior
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000443446
ISSN: 2446-4902
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Faculdade de Ciencias, Bauru, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Año:
Volumen: 15
Número: 1
Paginación: 20-25
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an unprecedented publichealth emergency of global concern. Although the measures to contain the COVID-19spreading is essential, there are old pandemics that we are still fighting and cannot beneglected during the current outbreak. Noncommunicable chronic diseases (NCDs)remain the leading cause of death worldwide. Indeed, physical inactivity is one of the mostimportant riskfactors forNCDs and it was considered a pandemic matter in 2012. Therefore, we discuss new strategies (i.e.,transition from center-based to home-based training) to increase motivation, participation, and adherencein physical activity during the COVID-19 to controlthe worsening of old pandemics
Disciplinas: Medicina
Palabras clave: Terapéutica y rehabilitación,
Virus,
Pandemia,
COVID-19,
Actividad física,
Ejercicio físico
Keyword: Therapeutics and rehabilitation,
Virus,
Pandemia,
COVID-19,
Physical activity,
Physical exercise
Texto completo: https://socibracom.com/bjmb/index.php/bjmb/article/view/217/178