Exercise and Fitness in the Age of Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sharmilee M Nyenhuis¹, Justin Greiwe², Joanna S Zeiger³, Anil Nanda⁴, Andrew Cooke⁵

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¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill; Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill. Electronic address: snyenhui@uic.edu.
² Division of Immunology/Allergy Section, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; Bernstein Allergy Group, Inc, Cincinnati, Ohio.
³ Race Ready Coaching, Boulder, Colo.
⁴ Asthma and Allergy Center, Lewisville and Flower Mound, Texas; Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
⁵ Lake Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Tavares, Fla.

PMID: 32360185
PMCID: PMC7187829
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.04.039

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Exercise and Fitness in the Age of Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sharmilee M Nyenhuis et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Jul-Aug.

. 2020 Jul-Aug;8(7):2152-2155.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.04.039. Epub 2020 Apr 28.

Authors

Sharmilee M Nyenhuis¹, Justin Greiwe², Joanna S Zeiger³, Anil Nanda⁴, Andrew Cooke⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill; Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill. Electronic address: snyenhui@uic.edu.
² Division of Immunology/Allergy Section, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; Bernstein Allergy Group, Inc, Cincinnati, Ohio.
³ Race Ready Coaching, Boulder, Colo.
⁴ Asthma and Allergy Center, Lewisville and Flower Mound, Texas; Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
⁵ Lake Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Tavares, Fla.

PMID: 32360185
PMCID: PMC7187829
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.04.039

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Keywords: COVID-19; Exercise; Fitness; Social distancing.

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COVID-19 pandemic and home-based physical activity.
Carvalho VO, Gois CO. Carvalho VO, et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Sep;8(8):2833-2834. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.05.018. Epub 2020 May 27. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020. PMID: 32470443 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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