Severidade da COVID-19 e a prática regular de atividade física/exercício físico. Alguma relação?

Abstract

The literature has shown a positive relationship between the regular practice of physical activities/physical exercises and the functionality of the immune system. Studies indicate that physical activity/physical exercise has important and favorable modulatory effects on the dynamics of immune cells and their function. Increasingly, scholars relate physical activity/physical exercise as being an important factor in the immune response of individuals. At the end of 2019, the world became aware of a new virus (SARS-CoV-2), from uncertain origins to the present date, whose infectious outbreak (Covid-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. This study aims to characterize and verify the level of relationship between the intensity of the clinical picture and the levels of physical activity/regular physical exercise in a group of adults who contracted Covid-19 disease. Data collection was carried out through an online questionnaire, published on Google Forms, divided into four parts: Demographic characterization, characterization of the clinical picture of Covid-19, International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ - short version) and sports history.