Physical Activity and Pandemics: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 (PDF)

Name: Physical Activity and Pandemics: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 (PDF)
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This book explores the relationship between physical activity and COVID-19, discussing the benefits of regular exercise in preventing infection and reducing the severity of symptoms. It covers topics such as physical inactivity prevalence, the risk of COVID-19 infection, disease severity, hospitalization, ICU admission, and mortality rates, as well as post-COVID-19 physical rehabilitation and strategies for enhancing physical activity during the pandemic. It is published by Springer Nature and will be released in July 2023.

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Physical Activity and Pandemics: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 (PDF Book)

By Maryam Selk-Ghaffari, Amirhossein Memari, Behnaz Mahdaviani, Ramin Kordi
The pandemic of COVID-19 has caused public health-related, and economic consequences regarding lifestyles. Due to social distancing strategies, physical inactivity has increased in various societies, which might lead to an increase in the burden of non-communicable diseases in long term. The health benefits of physical activity consist of a wide range, including physical, mental, and social dimensions. Therefore, this book discusses whether engaging in regular physical activity is effective in preventing COVID-19 infection, reducing the severity of symptoms, reducing mortality, or eliminating COVID-19 complications.The book will serve as a practical guideline for public health experts and physicians. It covers COVID-19 and physical inactivity prevalence in different regions, physical activity and risk of COVID-19 infection, physical activity and course of COVID-19 infection including disease severity, hospitalization rate, ICU admission, and mortality, physical activity as a vaccine booster in different populations, post- COVID-19 physical rehabilitation, and strategies for enhancing physical activity in the COVID-19 pandemic.