Staying Active During the Pandemic

As the “pause” period in our region extends, it’s more important than ever for everyone to stay active as best they can to maintain their optimum physical and mental health. There are already published articles appearing in PubMed on this topic – for example these recent papers:

1: Chen P, Mao L, Nassis GP, Harmer P, Ainsworth BE, Li F. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): The need to maintain regular physical activity while taking precautions. J Sport Health Sci. 2020 Mar;9(2):103-104. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2020.02.001. Epub 2020 Feb 4. PubMed PMID: 32099716; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7031771.

2: Jiménez-Pavón D, Carbonell-Baeza A, Lavie CJ. Physical exercise as therapy to fight against the mental and physical consequences of COVID-19 quarantine: Special focus in older people. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2020 Mar 24. pii: S0033-0620(20)30063-3. doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2020.03.009. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32220590; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7118448.

3: Altena E, Baglioni C, Espie CA, Ellis J, Gavriloff D, Holzinger B, Schlarb A, Frase L, Jernelöv S, Riemann D. Dealing with sleep problems during home confinement due to the COVID-19 outbreak: practical recommendations from a task force of the European CBT-I Academy. J Sleep Res. 2020 Apr 4. doi:10.1111/jsr.13052. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32246787.

The US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, has also released some guidance on “Staying Active While Social Distancing”, as has the American College of Sports Medicine. Their “Exercise is Medicineinitiative has created the Rx for Health series which is available in multiple languages and now includes handouts on: Being Active During the Coronavirus Pandemic and Keeping Children Active During the Coronavirus Pandemic that are intended to be distributed to patients by healthcare providers.

Stay safe, active, and be well everyone – and if you need any research help, just Ask Us!