ReviewFrontiers in sports and active living2020
Exercise: A Protective Measure or an "Open Window" for COVID-19? A Mini Review.
Review in Frontiers in sports and active living, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effects of acute and chronic exercise on immune markers of TH1/TH2 cells in older adults: a systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Functional and Psychological Changes after Exercise Training in Post-COVID-19 Patients Discharged from the Hospital: A PRISMA-Compliant Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Lactate as a Potential Exercise-Induced Signaling Molecule: Implications for Immunometabolic Adaptation Following HIIT.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Demystifying roles of exercise in immune response regulation against acute respiratory infections: A narrative review.Sports medicine and health science · 2024Review
- Physical activity and COVID-19. The basis for an efficient intervention in times of COVID-19 pandemic.Physiology & behavior · 2022Review
- Coping and Resilience Among Endurance Athletes During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Related Public-Health Measures on Training Behaviours of Individuals Previously Participating in Resistance Training: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Observational
- Habits and Psychological Factors Associated With Changes in Physical Activity Due to COVID-19 Confinement.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Sleep and COVID-19: considerations about immunity, pathophysiology, and treatment.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil)Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread to at least 115 countries and caused an alarming number of deaths. The current outbreak has lead authorities from many countries to adopt several protective measures, including lockdown and social distancing. Although being a reasonable measure to counteract the COVID-19 contamination, the restrictive measures have limited individual's ability to perform exercise outdoors or in gyms and similar facilities, thus raising the risks for chronic health conditions related to a sedentary lifestyle. The recent exercise recommendations to counteract the potential deleterious effects of COVID-19-related lockdown have not fully addressed resistance exercise interventions as potential home-based exercise strategies. Additionally, the following questions have been constantly raised: (1) Is training status capable of protecting an individual from COVID-19 infection?; and (2) Can a single endurance or resistance exercise session acutely increase the risks for COVID-19 infection? Therefore, the current mini review aimed to focus on these two concerns, as well as to discuss the potential use of practical blood flow restriction and no load resistance training as possible resistance exercise strategies that could be performed during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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