COVID-19 pandemic: regular physical activity and respiratory exercises at home as prevention and treatment

Odair Bacca; Maria Camacho; Ivonne Torres; Yuri Sanchez-Martinez

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COVID-19 pandemic: regular physical activity and respiratory exercises at home as prevention and treatment

Odair Bacca

¹

,

Maria Alejandra Camacho

²

,

Ivonne Natalia Torres

³

,

Yuri Sanchez-Martinez

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Institute of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Cruzeiro do Sul University, São Paulo, Brazil

Department of Physical Activity and Sport, Unidades Tecnológicas de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia

Physical Therapy School, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia

School of Medicine and Center for Clinical and Epidemiologic Research, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Physiother Quart. 2022;30(4):104–106

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pq.2022.121150

Online publish date: 2022/12/19

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Bacca O, Camacho MA, Torres IN, Sanchez-Martinez Y. COVID-19 pandemic: regular physical activity and respiratory exercises at home as prevention and treatment. Physiotherapy Quarterly. 2022;30(4):104-106. doi:10.5114/pq.2022.121150.

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Bacca, O., Camacho, M. A., Torres, I. N.,  & Sanchez-Martinez, Y. (2022). COVID-19 pandemic: regular physical activity and respiratory exercises at home as prevention and treatment. Physiotherapy Quarterly, 30(4), 104-106. https://doi.org/10.5114/pq.2022.121150

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Bacca, Odair, Maria A Camacho, Ivonne N Torres,  and Yuri Sanchez-Martinez. 2022. "COVID-19 pandemic: regular physical activity and respiratory exercises at home as prevention and treatment". Physiotherapy Quarterly 30 (4): 104-106. doi:10.5114/pq.2022.121150.

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Bacca, O., Camacho, M., Torres, I.,  and Sanchez-Martinez, Y. (2022). COVID-19 pandemic: regular physical activity and respiratory exercises at home as prevention and treatment. Physiotherapy Quarterly, 30(4), pp.104-106. https://doi.org/10.5114/pq.2022.121150

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Bacca, Odair et al. "COVID-19 pandemic: regular physical activity and respiratory exercises at home as prevention and treatment." Physiotherapy Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 4, 2022, pp. 104-106. doi:10.5114/pq.2022.121150.

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Bacca O, Camacho M, Torres I, Sanchez-Martinez Y. COVID-19 pandemic: regular physical activity and respiratory exercises at home as prevention and treatment. Physiotherapy Quarterly. 2022;30(4):104-106. doi:10.5114/pq.2022.121150.

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COVID-19 pandemic: regular physical activity and respiratory exercises at home as prevention and treatment

Odair Bacca 1 , Maria Alejandra Camacho 2 , Ivonne Natalia Torres 3 , Yuri Sanchez-Martinez 4

Odair Bacca

¹

,

Maria Alejandra Camacho

²

,

Ivonne Natalia Torres

³

,

Yuri Sanchez-Martinez

⁴