Physical Activity and Pandemics: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 (EPUB)

By Maryam Selk-Ghaffari, Amirhossein Memari, Behnaz Mahdaviani, Ramin Kordi
The pandemic of COVID-19 has caused public health-related, and economic consequences regarding lifestyles. Due to social distancing strategies, physical inactivity has increased in various societies, which might lead to an increase in the burden of non-communicable diseases in long term. The health benefits of physical activity consist of a wide range, including physical, mental, and social dimensions. Therefore, this book discusses whether engaging in regular physical activity is effective in preventing COVID-19 infection, reducing the severity of symptoms, reducing mortality, or eliminating COVID-19 complications.The book will serve as a practical guideline for public health experts and physicians. It covers COVID-19 and physical inactivity prevalence in different regions, physical activity and risk of COVID-19 infection, physical activity and course of COVID-19 infection including disease severity, hospitalization rate, ICU admission, and mortality, physical activity as a vaccine booster in different populations, post- COVID-19 physical rehabilitation, and strategies for enhancing physical activity in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Product Details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Springer Nature; 2023rd edition (July 21 2023)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9819918014
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9819918010