Physical activity and psychological effects of confinement by Covid-19

Abstract

In December 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health and Sanitation Commission (Hubei Province, China), the Chinese authorities identified a new type of virus called COVID 19. The WHO declared a state of global pandemic and many governments decreed a period ofextendableconfinement. The quarantinethat weareliving, ischaracterized bytwo fundamental aspects: the isolation of our relatives and the restriction of movement, so necessary for the human being. This mandatory period of confinement has been proven to produce temporary and permanent psychological damage. Stress, irritability and sadness appear in a situation of loneliness, lack of communication and uncertainty. This article collects the conclusions of other studies carried out on mutations of the SARS virus and the psychological effects. Some research suggests that longer quarantine durations are specifically associated with PTSD, avoidance behaviors, and anger. Physical activity at home is analyzed as a media phenomenon, to fight against emotional imbalances of confinement and health maintenance. Faced with this situation of confinement, different exercise programs of all kinds have proliferated and on different platforms and the media. Some of these platforms have seen an increase in the number of users and reproductions, these numbers being objective indicators of interest in practicing physical exercise in times of compulsory confinement at home.

Keywords

• virus
• pandemia
• cuarentena, efectos psicológicos, salud, deporte, actividad física