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Restrictercise! Preferences Regarding Digital Home Training Programs during Confinements Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • Jan Wilke

    (Department of Sports Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60488 Frankfurt/Main, Germany)

  • Lisa Mohr

    (Department of Sports Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60488 Frankfurt/Main, Germany)

  • Adam S. Tenforde

    (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, 02129 MA, USA)

  • Pascal Edouard

    (Inter-University Laboratory of Human Movement Science, University of Lyon, University Jean Monnet, 42000 Saint Etienne, France
    Department of Clinical and Exercise Physiology, Sports Medicine Unity, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Faculty of Medicine, CEDEX 2, 42055 Saint-Etienne, France)

  • Chiara Fossati

    (Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome “Foro Italico”, 00135 Rome, Italy)

  • Marcela González-Gross

    (ImFine Research Group, Department of Health and Human Performance, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
    Exercise is Medicine Spain, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Celso Sanchez Ramirez

    (School of Physical Activity Sciences, University of Santiago de Chile, 8320000 Santiago de Chile, Chile)

  • Fernando Laiño

    (Fundación Instituto Superior de Ciencias de la Salud, 1406 Buenos Aires, Argentina)

  • Benedict Tan

    (Changi General Hospital, Singapore 529889, Singapore)

  • Julian David Pillay

    (Durban University of Technology, Durban 4001, South Africa)

  • Fabio Pigozzi

    (Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome “Foro Italico”, 00135 Rome, Italy)

  • David Jimenez-Pavon

    (Exercise is Medicine Spain, 28040 Madrid, Spain
    Department of Physical Education, MOVE-IT Research Group, Faculty of Education Sciences University of Cádiz, 11519 Puerto Real, Spain)

  • Bernhard Novak

    (Institute of Human Movement Science, Sport and Health, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria)

  • David Url

    (Institute of Human Movement Science, Sport and Health, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria)

  • Mandy Zhang

    (Changi General Hospital, Singapore 529889, Singapore)

  • Mireille van Poppel

    (Institute of Human Movement Science, Sport and Health, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria)

  • Christoph Heidt

    (Department of Orthopedics, University Children’s Hospital Basel, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland)

  • Steffen Willwacher

    (School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4067, Australia
    Institute of Biomechanics and Orthopaedics, German Sport University Cologne, 50933 Cologne, Germany)

  • Lutz Vogt

    (Department of Sports Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60488 Frankfurt/Main, Germany)

  • Evert Verhagen

    (Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, University Medical Centers-Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1105 Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

  • Karsten Hollander

    (Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, 02129 MA, USA
    Faculty of Medicine, MSH Medical School Hamburg, 20457 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Luiz Hespanhol

    (Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, University Medical Centers-Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1105 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Masters and Doctoral Programs in Physical Therapy, Universidade Cidade de São Paulo (UNICID), Sao Paulo 03071-000, Brazil)

  • Gustavo Yuki

    (Masters and Doctoral Programs in Physical Therapy, Universidade Cidade de São Paulo (UNICID), Sao Paulo 03071-000, Brazil)

Abstract

Confinement measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have caused substantial reductions in global physical activity (PA) levels. In view of the manifold health benefits of PA, the development of interventions counteracting this trend is paramount. Our survey with 15,261 participants (38 ± 15 years, 58.5% females) examined preferences towards digital home exercise programs in 14 countries affected by COVID-19. More than two-thirds of the sample (68.4%, n = 10,433) indicated being interested in home exercise, and most participants were willing to work out at least three times per week (89.3%, n = 9328). Binary logistic regression revealed that female sex, working part-time, younger age, and being registered in a gym were associated with willingness to exercise. Flexibility (71.1%, n = 7377), resistance (68.6%, n = 7116), and endurance training (62.4%, n = 6478) were the most preferred types of exercise. Our results may guide health providers in developing individually tailored PA interventions during the current and future pandemics.

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  • Jan Wilke & Lisa Mohr & Adam S. Tenforde & Pascal Edouard & Chiara Fossati & Marcela González-Gross & Celso Sanchez Ramirez & Fernando Laiño & Benedict Tan & Julian David Pillay & Fabio Pigozzi & Davi, 2020. "Restrictercise! Preferences Regarding Digital Home Training Programs during Confinements Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(18), pages 1-7, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:18:p:6515-:d:410120
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