Combatting Infectious Disease With Physical Activity

Affiliations

¹ Author Affiliations: Physical Therapy Program, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, Minnesota (Dr Elmer); School of Health and Human Performance, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan (Dr Wedig); Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan (Mr Lennox); Health Research Institute, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan (Mr Lennox); Corwell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Preventive Cardiology/Cardiac Rehabilitation, Royal Oak, Michigan (Dr Franklin); and Oakland University, William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, Michigan (Dr Franklin).

Steven J Elmer et al. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2025.

. 2025 Mar 1;45(2):E4-E5.

doi: 10.1097/HCR.0000000000000919. Epub 2025 Feb 26.

¹ Author Affiliations: Physical Therapy Program, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, Minnesota (Dr Elmer); School of Health and Human Performance, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan (Dr Wedig); Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan (Mr Lennox); Health Research Institute, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan (Mr Lennox); Corwell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Preventive Cardiology/Cardiac Rehabilitation, Royal Oak, Michigan (Dr Franklin); and Oakland University, William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, Michigan (Dr Franklin).

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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