Physical Exercise Potentials Against Viral Diseases Like COVID-19 in the Elderly

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.
² Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Human Sciences, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
³ Department of Performance, Neuroscience, Therapy and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
⁴ School of Medicine, Anahuac Mayab University, Mérida, Mexico.
⁵ Cognitive and Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Science, European University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Laboratório de Bioenergética e Estresse Oxidativo - LABOX, Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.

Sandra Amatriain-Fernández et al. Front Med (Lausanne). 2020.

. 2020 Jul 3:7:379.

doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00379. eCollection 2020.

¹ Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.
² Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Human Sciences, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
³ Department of Performance, Neuroscience, Therapy and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
⁴ School of Medicine, Anahuac Mayab University, Mérida, Mexico.
⁵ Cognitive and Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Science, European University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Laboratório de Bioenergética e Estresse Oxidativo - LABOX, Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.

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Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; elderly; high-risk groups; immune response; physical activity; physical exercise; viral diseases.

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