Efeito do treinamento físico/cognitivo por meio de smartphone nas capacidades cognitivas de indivíduos pós COVID-19: um estudo piloto randomizado.

Abstract

Exercise and physical training are known to promote several changes, including cardiorespiratory benefits, increased bone mineral density and decreased risk of chronic degenerative diseases. In this way, the use of physical exercise as an alternative to improve physical and cognitive function can be important in numerous situations, such as sports training and in the treatment of sequelae of diseases such as COVID-19. Therefore, the objective of the present work was to evaluate the effectiveness and benefits of a physical/cognitive training with post-COVID-19 individuals, carried out at a distance through a smartphone, and a physical/cognitive training carried out within the sporting context with soccer players. associated with new technologies in different conditions: post COVID-19 and football. We conclude that a physical-cognitive training intervention promoted improvements in the performance of the reaction time of the upper and lower limbs of soccer players. However, this improvement was not observed in the non-athlete group, whereas in individuals with COVID-19 there were improvements in both groups with a superiority for those who performed physical training associated with cognitive.