WALKING AND STREET RUNNING IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC AS STRATEGIES FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION: A LITERATURE REVIEW

• Autor(a) principal: Antônio, Ítano Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Fonseca, Yuri Cordeiro, Oliveira, Débora Silva de, Prado, Fellype Matos do, Ferreira, Leonardo Jorge Monteiro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences
• Texto Completo: https://bjihs.emnuvens.com.br/bjihs/article/view/1474
• topic: COVID-19; Caminhada; Corrida de rua; Benefícios.; COVID-19. Walking. Street running. Benefits.

In the midst of the pandemic, a large part of the population was forced to reduce the practice of physical exercise indoors as an academy or similar places, in view of these restrictions, a large part of the population sought alternatives to exercise outdoors, with walking and street racing. The objective of this study is to describe the benefits of walking and street running in pandemic times of COVID-19. The research had as a methodological design the qualitative approach, through the literature review. Scientific productions were selected in the Scielo, Google Scholar and Pubcovid research databases. Inclusion criteria were selected: articles published in Portuguese and English, from 2016 to 2021. Keywords were used: COVID-19; Walking; Street racing; Benefits, combined by the boolean operator "and". The results of this research have observed the numerous benefits that walking and street running can bring to practitioners, being it the increase in disposition, improvement in health, weight loss, improvement in self-esteem and pleasure, blood pressure control, improvement in cardiovascular capacity, among other benefits. It is concluded that walking and street running are being a great alternative for those who want improvements in health and maintenance of physical performance amid the pandemic of Covid-19.