Action Plan to Increase Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Overview

Journal Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2021 Dec 10

PMID 34888068

Citations 4

Authors

Amir-Hossein Memari

Maryam Selk-Ghaffari

Afifeh Khosravi

Ramin Kordi

Affiliations

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Citing Articles

Barriers to physical activity in the Iranian population: findings from the STEPwise surveillance 2021.

Mahdaviani B, Soleimani Z, Selk-Ghaffari M, Pourgharib Shahi M, Masoumi S, Kordi R BMC Public Health. 2024; 24(1):2610.

PMID: 39334036 PMC: 11438118. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20134-3.

Association between physical activity and risk of COVID-19 infection or clinical outcomes of the patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Halabchi F, Mahdaviani B, Tazesh B, Shab-Bidar S, Selk-Ghaffari M J Prev Med Hyg. 2023; 64(2):E123-E136.

PMID: 37654858 PMC: 10468187. DOI: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2023.64.2.2625.

Physical Inactivity and Food Insecurity Are Associated with Social Capital: A Large-Scale Population-Based Study in Tehran.

Nakhostin-Ansari A, Akbari P, Selk-Ghaffari M, Memari A, Vaez-Mahdavi M, Asadi-Lari M ScientificWorldJournal. 2022; 2022:5410611.

PMID: 36398032 PMC: 9666025. DOI: 10.1155/2022/5410611.

Conceptualization and development of a questionnaire to determine physical activity barriers.

Selk-Ghaffari M, Hassanmirzaei B, Nakhostin-Ansari A, Mahdaviani B, Khonji M, Aghajani R Phys Act Nutr. 2022; 26(2):17-21.

PMID: 35982625 PMC: 9395253. DOI: 10.20463/pan.2022.0009.

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