Kalpana Medala, Katta Roja, Madhusudhan Umesh, Gaur Archana, Ganji Vidya, Taranikanti Madhuri, Nitin John, Kasturi Vasanth Kumar
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, AIIMS Bibinagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Assistant Professor, CMR Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
Maedica (Bucur). 2024 Sep;19(3):594-599. doi: 10.26574/maedica.2024.19.3.594.
COVID-19 was first reported in Wuhan, China, and subsequently spread worldwide. There were numerous restrictions on daily life activities, including lifestyles, social distancing, isolation and access to many forms of exercise and home confinement. All these activities have health benefits, as they enhance the immune system, which is the need of the hour during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is little data regarding the occurrence of COVID-19 among marathon runners, cyclists and yoga practitioners. The aim of the present study was to find the prevalence of COVID-19 among physically active and physically inactive individuals and to compare it among those groups.
Physically active individuals were selected as per the Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health 2010, in the age group of 18-60 years, and included runners, yoga practitioners and cyclists from the Hyderabad club. A prevalidated questionnaire was circulated among the study groups through Google form. The data was analyzed statistically.
There was a high proportion of persons affected by COVID-19 in the physically inactive group (75.75%) when compared to the active group (17.17%). The percentages of subjects who tested positive for COVID-19 were as follows: 16.16% cyclists, 29.29% runners and 27.27% yoga practitioners among the physically active individuals, and 51.51% of physically inactive subjects.
Physical activity acts as a barrier against COVID-19 infections and enhances the immune system. Therefore, it has to be prioritized by public health agencies and incorporated into routine medical care.
新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）最初在中国武汉被报道，随后在全球范围内传播。日常生活活动受到诸多限制，包括生活方式、社交距离、隔离以及参与多种形式锻炼的机会和居家隔离。所有这些活动都对健康有益，因为它们能增强免疫系统，而这正是COVID-19大流行期间的当务之急。关于马拉松运动员、骑自行车的人和瑜伽练习者中COVID-19的发生情况，数据很少。本研究的目的是找出身体活跃和不活跃个体中COVID-19的患病率，并在这些群体之间进行比较。
根据《2010年关于身体活动促进健康的全球建议》，选取年龄在18至60岁之间的身体活跃个体，包括来自海得拉巴俱乐部的跑步者、瑜伽练习者和骑自行车的人。通过谷歌表单在研究组中发放一份预先验证的问卷。对数据进行统计学分析。
与活跃组（17.17%）相比，身体不活跃组中受COVID-19影响的人员比例较高（75.75%）。COVID-19检测呈阳性的受试者百分比如下：身体活跃个体中，骑自行车的人占16.16%，跑步者占29.29%，瑜伽练习者占27.27%；身体不活跃的受试者占51.51%。
身体活动可作为抵御COVID-19感染的屏障并增强免疫系统。因此，公共卫生机构必须将其列为优先事项并纳入常规医疗保健。
