dc.contributor.author | Cross, TJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Isautier, JMJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Stamatakis, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Morris, SJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Johnson, BD | |
dc.contributor.author | Wheatley-Guy, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Taylor, BJ | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-31T04:12:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-05-31T04:12:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2055-7647 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001088 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/404772 | |
dc.description.abstract | There are growing concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic has facilitated a sedentary shift in our physical activity habits. A reduction in physical activity during the pandemic may be secondary to restrictive policies implemented at the government-level, typically those policies which limit interpersonal contact; for example, physical/social distancing. It is without question that social distancing is a necessary measure to mitigate community transmission of the novel virus; however, these policies often limit the public’s opportunities to engage in physical activity. The strictest enforcement of social distancing occurs during an authority-mandated ‘lockdown’ (also known as a ‘shelter-in-place’ or ‘stay-at-home’ order). This Viewpoint focuses on the current evidence demonstrating that physical activity declines during a COVID-19 ‘lockdown’. We highlight the point that most of the available evidence stems from investigations using non-validated, self-reported measures of physical activity and discuss the caveats therewith. This Viewpoint explores whether current evidence reflects an ‘actual’ or rather a ‘perceived’ reduction in physical activity, and raises the question of whether this distinction matters in the end. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.publisher | BMJ | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | e001088 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 2 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 7 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Sports science and exercise | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Sociology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4207 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4410 | |
dc.title | Self-reported physical activity before a COVID-19 ‘lockdown’: is it just a matter of opinion? | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Cross, TJ; Isautier, JMJ; Stamatakis, E; Morris, SJ; Johnson, BD; Wheatley-Guy, C; Taylor, BJ, Self-reported physical activity before a COVID-19 ‘lockdown’: is it just a matter of opinion?, BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 2021, 7 (2), pp. e001088 | |
dcterms.license | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | |
dc.date.updated | 2021-05-30T22:37:23Z | |
dc.description.version | Version of Record (VoR) | |
gro.rights.copyright | © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Cross, Troy J. | |