Precauções e recomendações para a prática de exercício físico em face do COVID-19: uma revisão integrativa

Carlos José Nogueira; Antônio Carlos Leal Cortez; Silvânia Matheus de Oliveira  Leal; Estélio Henrique Martin Dantas

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.504

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Carlos José Nogueira UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO (UNIRIO) / ESCOLA PREPARATÓRIA DE CADETES DO AR (EPCAR) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2136-2177
Antônio Carlos Leal Cortez Programa de Pós-graduação Stricto Sensu em Enfermagem e Biociências da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8387-5026
Silvânia Matheus de Oliveira Leal Programa de Pós-graduação Stricto Sensu em Enfermagem e Biociências da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
Estélio Henrique Martin Dantas Programa de Pós-graduação Stricto Sensu em Enfermagem e Biociências da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.504

Keywords:

Physical Exercise, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Infections, Exercise Therapy

Abstract

This review aims to analyze and synthesize the scientific evidence on the effects of physical exercise on the precaution of COVID-19 and the main recommendations on the practice of physical activity during and after the pandemic. A search was carried out with the MEDLINE / PUBMED, Cochrane, Web of Science and Scopus databases, and manual searches in journals, in the references of the selected studies, in addition to the use of pre-print studies. The initial search totaled 1026 records. After the exclusion by title, summary, duplicates and full reading, 13 publications remained, in addition to another 10 studies selected manually, totaling 23 publications. After analyzing the results, the evidence was categorized according to: the effects of physical exercise on viral respiratory infections, the impact of COVID-19 in relation to physical inactivity, physical and mental health, precautions and recommendations on regular physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic and recommendations on post-pandemic physical activity. Most evidence recommends regular moderate physical activity during and after the pandemic. However, more specific recommendations on intensity, type of exercise, sets and duration of training need further investigation.