Dear Colleagues,

The year 2020 began with the imposition of a condition that the world population had not faced for several decades: the explosion of a pandemic. The disease COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has redesigned the lives of billions of people, who have been forced to stay at home for several weeks overnight. This unprecedented situation, supported by an increasingly growing development of social networks and multimedia platforms, has led to a development of remote-training practices. Such a modality could have an impact on the diffusion of physical activity in a segment of the population that, for several reasons (economic, reduced mobility, lack of infrastructure) has a reduced possibility of practicing physical exercise on a weekly basis. From this lockdown period, an interesting integration may arise between “in front” and remote training, which could potentially open up new and more sustainable ways of performing physical activity. This scenario could have significant repercussions in terms of reduction of health costs. Furthermore, many people in apparently good health have found themselves facing a potentially fatal pathology that can leave a lasting aftermath on the cardiopulmonary profile. This Special Issue has two objectives: (1) the collection of works focused on the structuring of workouts to be potentially practiced at home to maintain an adequate state of cardiovascular fitness, strength, and psychological well-being; (2) the collection of studies focused on cardiopulmonary, circulatory, and muscle strength recovery in post-COVID-19 patients.

This Special Issue includes studies investigating the effectiveness of training programs to be performed “at home” aiming to maintain adequate cardiopulmonary, circulatory, and muscle strength function in healthy subjects, and works focused on recovering patients post-COVID-19 under the cardiopulmonary, circulatory, and muscular profile. In particular, studies investigating the effects of social media usage and virtual platforms on the adherence and efficacy of “remote” physical exercise practice are particularly sought. The deepening of these issues can be of extreme necessity in a historical moment in which the COVID-19 pandemic is still current and could affect our lifestyle for a long time.

Dr. Emiliano Ce
Dr. Giuseppe Coratella
Dr. Stefano Longo
Dr. Christian Doria
Guest Editors

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• COVID-19
• rehabilitation
• home-based exercise program
• lockdown
• cardiopulmonary