Remote Exercise Training Intervention During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Societal measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 (eg, lockdown and contact restrictions) have been associated with decreased health and well-being. A multitude of prepandemic studies identified the beneficial effects of physical exercise on both physical and mental health.

Objective

We report on the feasibility of a remote physical exercise intervention and its stress-buffering potential in 2 untrained cohorts: a pre-COVID-19 cohort that completed the intervention in 2019 and a lockdown cohort that started the intervention shortly before pandemic-related restrictions were implemented.

Methods

In a randomized controlled trial, participants were assigned to either an intervention group (IG; pre-COVID-19 cohort: n=7 and lockdown cohort: n=9) or a control gr

SUBMITTER: Philippi KFA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11342007 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature