ArticleJournal of sports sciences2021
Muscle strength explains the protective effect of physical activity against COVID-19 hospitalization among adults aged 50 years and older.
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- Baseline physical activity is associated with reduced mortality and disease outcomes in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Reviews in medical virology · 2022Pooled it
- Association between sedentary behavior and daily step count with physical performance of community-dwelling older adults participating in an exercise program interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Brazil.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas · 2026Article
- Moderating Effect of Muscular Strength in the Association between Cardiovascular Events and Depressive Symptoms in Middle-Aged and Older Adults-A Cross Sectional Study.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Predictors of dropping out from a home tele-exercise programme: A cohort study derived from a randomised controlled trial.Health promotion perspectives · 2024Article
- Physical activity matters for everyone's health, but individuals with multimorbidity benefit more.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Short and mid-term characteristics of COVID-19 disease course in athletes: A high-volume, single-center study.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2023Article
- Women carry the weight of deprivation on physical inactivity: Moderated mediation analyses in a European sample of adults over 50 Years of age.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Being Physically Active Leads to Better Recovery Prognosis for People Diagnosed with COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The role of physical activity in the clinical outcomes of people diagnosed with Covid-19: A systematic review.JSAMS plus · 2022Review
- Physical activity partly mediates the association between cognitive function and depressive symptoms.Translational psychiatry · 2022Article
- Correlation of CT-derived pectoralis muscle status and COVID-19 induced lung injury in elderly patients.BMC medical imaging · 2022Article
- Resistance Training before, during, and after COVID-19 Infection: What Have We Learned So Far?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- An IoT/FOG based framework for sports talent identification in COVID-19 like situations.International journal of information technology : an official journal of Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management · 2022Article
- Effects of physical activity on the severity of illness and mortality in COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Potential Physiological and Cellular Mechanisms of Exercise That Decrease the Risk of Severe Complications and Mortality Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
Physical activity has been proposed as a protective factor for COVID-19 hospitalisation. However, the mechanisms underlying this association are unclear. We examined the association between physical activity and COVID-19 hospitalisation and whether this relationship was explained by risk factors (chronic conditions, weak muscle strength). We used data from adults over 50 years from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. The outcome was self-reported hospitalisation due to COVID-19, before August 2020. The main exposure was physical activity, self-reported between 2004 and 2017. Among the 3139 participants included (69.3 ± 8.5 years, 1763 women), 266 were tested positive for COVID-19, 66 were hospitalised. Logistic regression models showed that individuals who engaged in physical activity more than once a week had lower odds of COVID-19 hospitalisation than individuals who hardly ever or never engaged in physical activity (odds ratios = 0.41, 95% confidence interval = 0.22-0.74, p = .004). This association between physical activity and COVID-19 hospitalisation was explained by muscle strength, but not by other risk factors. These findings suggest that, after 50 years, engaging in physical activity is associated with lower odds of COVID-19 hospitalisation. This protective effect of physical activity may be explained by muscle strength.
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