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ReviewFrontiers in psychology2020

Physical Exercise and Immune System in the Elderly: Implications and Importance in COVID-19 Pandemic Period.

Fabiana Rodrigues Scartoni, Leandro de Oliveira Sant'Ana, Eric Murillo-Rodriguez, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Claudio Imperatori, Henning Budde, Jeferson Macedo Vianna, Sergio Machado

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Review in Frontiers in psychology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Fabiana Rodrigues ScartoniDepartment of Physical Education, Catholic University of Petrópolis, Petrópolis, Brazil.
Leandro de Oliveira Sant'AnaSport and Exercise Sciences Laboratory, Catholic University of Petrópolis, Petrópolis, Brazil.
Eric Murillo-RodriguezMolecular and Integrative Neuroscience Laboratory, Escuela de Medicina, División Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Anáhuac Mayab, Mérida, Mexico.
Tetsuya YamamotoIntercontinental Neuroscience Research Group, Mérida, México.
Claudio ImperatoriIntercontinental Neuroscience Research Group, Mérida, México.
Henning BuddeIntercontinental Neuroscience Research Group, Mérida, México.
Jeferson Macedo ViannaPostgraduate Program in Physical Education, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Sergio MachadoIntercontinental Neuroscience Research Group, Mérida, México.
Universidad Intercontinental · MXUniversidade Católica de Petrópolis · BRAnahuac Mayab University · MXUniversidade Federal de Juiz de Fora · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physical exercise is seen as the main ally for health promotion, preventing and protecting the organism from several diseases. According to WHO, there is a tendency of constant growth in the elderly population in the coming years. The regular practice of exercises by the elderly becomes relevant to minimize the deleterious effects of the aging process and to increase the fitness index. Recently, the world population started a confrontation against Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19), which is the most significant public health challenge globally. Although social isolation is a reasonable measure in an attempt to stop contamination by COVID-19, this measure has limited the ability of individuals to exercise outdoors or in gyms and health clubs, which increased the risk of developing chronic illnesses related to a sedentary lifestyle. The critical point is that the recent recommendations on exercise prescription to combat the potentially harmful effects of COVID-19 failure to adequately address resistance exercise interventions as home-based exercise strategy. Thus, in this paper, we discussed the physical exercise as medicine if the training status is enough to protect the elderly against COVID-19 infection, about the role of physical activity on immunosuppression. Possible risks for COVID-19 infection, and the old training methods, such as no-load resistance training as possible resistance exercise strategies and high-intensity interval training, as new proposals of home-based exercise interventions, could perform during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19elderlyhealth promotionimmune systemphysical exercise

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PMID33329256
PMCPMC7711129
OpenAlexW3104800850

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