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

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, David Jimenez-Pavon, Bernhard Novak, David Url, Mandy Zhang, Mireille van Poppel, Christoph Heidt, Steffen Willwacher, Lutz Vogt, Evert Verhagen, Karsten Hollander, Luiz Hespanhol and Gustavo Yuki
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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
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
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
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
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
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
Gustavo Yuki: Masters and Doctoral Programs in Physical Therapy, Universidade Cidade de São Paulo (UNICID), Sao Paulo 03071-000, Brazil

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 18, 1-7

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.

Keywords: physical activity; COVID-19; coronavirus; telemedicine; e-Health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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