Investigating the relationship between the level of physical activity and the severity of the disease in people infected with Covid-19

Introduction and purpose: The new coronavirus pandemic has killed thousands of people, and most countries are affected by this disease, so the purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the amount of physical activity and the severity of the effects of the Covid-19 disease on people who have this disease. Materials and methods: The statistical population of this study included all people infected with the disease of covid-19 in Shahrekord. Among them, there are 178 (86 men ages 44.7±4.76 years, height 173.5±7.34 cm and weight 85.7±5.65 kg and 92 women ages 38.4±5.14 years, height 157.3±6.8 cm, weight 71.3± 4.5 kg) questionnaires (Beck Questionnaire and Disease Severity Questionnaire) were completed and analyzed. To analyze the data, used Pearson's correlation coefficient test with a significance level of 0.05. Results: The results showed that the level of physical activity has an inverse and significant relationship with the severity of the effects of the Covid-19 disease on people, so that people, who were more sedentary, had a greater severity of the disease and those who had regular and moderate physical activity The disease had a much lesser effect, and due to the increase in the intensity of professional physical activity, we saw a certain increase in the effect of the disease on people. Discussion and Conclusion: According to the results obtained from this research, physical exercise can be useful for the defense of the whole body and may be considered as one of the preventive measures against the consequences of viral infection of the respiratory system.