The COVID-19 pandemic: impact and strategies for sports and exercise medicine researchers during large-scale social restrictions

There are currently two global pandemics: COVID-19 and physical inactivity [1]. Since the World Health Organization states nearly 2 million deaths per year to sedentary lifestyle [2], exercise medicine becomes even more relevant since sports medicine research (SMR) generates the theoretical framework for prescription and evidence-based approaches, which allows the population - from athletes to the elderly - to exercise in an optimized and safe manner. We herein outline the foreseeable impact of COVID-19 on SMR and point to tips to minimize the pandemic`s influence on exercise intervention studies.
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Bibliographic Details
Subjects:
Notations:biological and medical sciences
Tagging:Coronavirus Pandemie Lockdown Heimtraining Hometraining virtueller Trainer remote
Published in:Journal of Medical Systems
Language:English
Published: 2021
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-021-01734-7
Volume:45
Issue:56
Document types:article
Level:advanced