The Urgent Need to Sit Less and Move More During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bruno Paula Caraça Smirmaul; Ross Arena

doi:10.1097/HCR.0000000000000538

The Urgent Need to Sit Less and Move More During the COVID-19 Pandemic

J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2020 Sep;40(5):287-289. doi: 10.1097/HCR.0000000000000538.

Authors

Bruno Paula Caraça Smirmaul¹, Ross Arena

Affiliation

¹ Yolife GmbH, Berlin, Germany (Dr Smirmaul); Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL-PIVOT) Network, Chicago, Illinois (Drs Smirmaul and Arena); and Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago (Dr Arena).

Abstract

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic containment and mitigation strategies may lead to excessive physical inactivity and sedentary behavior, drastically impacting cardiorespiratory fitness and overall health. It is urgent to safely find ways to sit less and move more.

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Cardiorespiratory Fitness* / physiology
Cardiorespiratory Fitness* / psychology
Communicable Disease Control / methods
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections* / psychology
Humans
Needs Assessment
Pandemics* / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral* / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral* / psychology
Public Health*
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Sedentary Behavior*