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dc.contributor.authorCross, TJ
dc.contributor.authorIsautier, JMJ
dc.contributor.authorStamatakis, E
dc.contributor.authorMorris, SJ
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, BD
dc.contributor.authorWheatley-Guy, C
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, BJ
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-31T04:12:00Z
dc.date.available2021-05-31T04:12:00Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn2055-7647
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001088
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/404772
dc.description.abstractThere 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.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageen
dc.publisherBMJ
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrome001088
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine
dc.relation.ispartofvolume7
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports science and exercise
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4207
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4410
dc.titleSelf-reported physical activity before a COVID-19 ‘lockdown’: is it just a matter of opinion?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCross, 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.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.date.updated2021-05-30T22:37:23Z
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gro.griffith.authorCross, Troy J.


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