Coronavirus Outbreak in Italy: Physiological Benefits of Home-Based Exercise During Pandemic
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has forced the hardest-hit populations, like Italians, to radically change their daily habits, starting with social distancing, strict preventive measures, and self-isolation. These precautions also apply to sport-related facilities and activities. Th...
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| description | The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has forced the hardest-hit populations, like Italians, to radically change their daily habits, starting with social distancing, strict preventive measures, and self-isolation. These precautions also apply to sport-related facilities and activities. The difficulty to practice physical activity during this dramatic moment in time adds to the risks associated with sedentary habits, due to staying all the time at home. Here, the importance and the benefits of maintaining exercise routine, even at home, are emphasized in order to avoid the consequences of inactivity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f0b9bd3c49e40558f4ee620be98f78a2023-11-19T23:39:55ZengMDPI AGJournal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology2411-51422020-05-015231010.3390/jfmk5020031Coronavirus Outbreak in Italy: Physiological Benefits of Home-Based Exercise During PandemicSilvia Ravalli0Giuseppe Musumeci1Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Human, Histology and Movement Science Section, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia n°87, 95123 Catania, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Human, Histology and Movement Science Section, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia n°87, 95123 Catania, ItalyThe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has forced the hardest-hit populations, like Italians, to radically change their daily habits, starting with social distancing, strict preventive measures, and self-isolation. These precautions also apply to sport-related facilities and activities. The difficulty to practice physical activity during this dramatic moment in time adds to the risks associated with sedentary habits, due to staying all the time at home. Here, the importance and the benefits of maintaining exercise routine, even at home, are emphasized in order to avoid the consequences of inactivity.https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5142/5/2/31COVID-19preventionphysical activityinactivityhome-based exercisehealth |
| spellingShingle | Silvia Ravalli Giuseppe Musumeci Coronavirus Outbreak in Italy: Physiological Benefits of Home-Based Exercise During Pandemic Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology COVID-19 prevention physical activity inactivity home-based exercise health |
| title | Coronavirus Outbreak in Italy: Physiological Benefits of Home-Based Exercise During Pandemic |
| title_full | Coronavirus Outbreak in Italy: Physiological Benefits of Home-Based Exercise During Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Coronavirus Outbreak in Italy: Physiological Benefits of Home-Based Exercise During Pandemic |
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| title_short | Coronavirus Outbreak in Italy: Physiological Benefits of Home-Based Exercise During Pandemic |
| title_sort | coronavirus outbreak in italy physiological benefits of home based exercise during pandemic |
| topic | COVID-19 prevention physical activity inactivity home-based exercise health |
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