Associação entre nível de atividade física e desfechos clínicos graves e mortalidade decorrente da COVID-19: uma revisão sistemática

Abstract

At the end of 2019, reports emerged in China of contamination by a new virus named SARS-CoV-2, with clinical manifestations of flu-like symptoms, respiratory syndromes and high air transmissibility quickly becoming a worldwide pandemic. Scientific studies have shown that people with advanced age, dyslipidemia, obesity, diabetes, heart disease and low adherence to the practice of physical activities, had a higher risk of mortality during COVID-19 infection. This systematic review was carried out from the search in the online scientific libraries "National Library of Medicine (MEDLINE) via PubMed" and "Scielo" when 8 studies were selected that contained relationships between the practice of physical activities and the symptomatic outcomes of patients during COVID-19 infection. People who reported practicing more physical activities, at greater intensity and for a longer time, had fewer cases and milder forms of the disease. In this way, continuous and well-oriented physical activity proved to be a strong strategy in favour of slowing down severe cases and deaths.