The Relationship between Exercise Volume and Disease Severity among Patients Who Tested Positive for COVID-19

This study examined the association between perceived pre-COVID exercise volume and severity of the virus based on symptom burden and hospitalization for adults who tested positive for COVID-19. The results have implications for educating adults about best-practice exercise volume during periods of peak COVID-19 diagnoses. Keywords COVID-19, coronavirus, exercise, physical activity, symptoms, hospitalization, infection prevention, evidence-based practice and research
Of patients who fall ill from COVID-19, 5% become critically ill (Wang et al., 2020). Improvements in physical conditioning before becoming ill with COVID-19 may confer benefits that reduce the [...]