Physical exercise guidelines in digital media for the elderly during social isolation caused by COVID-19
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2020v23i0p687-705Keywords:
Aged, Covid-19, Physical exercise.Abstract
The objective of this study was to describe and analyze the media information about the practice of physical exercises for the elderly during the social isolation caused by Covid-19. A bibliographic search was carried out on the Google Search site. The inclusion criteria were news about the practice of physical exercise for the elderly during social isolation. Results in 23 digital media, being 8 news in digital newspapers, 6 university sites, 4 blogs, 2 booklets, 2 articles and 1 E-book. It is concluded that most of the digital media did not bring complete information about the practice of physical exercise for the elderly public. On the other hand, information from digital media about the importance of exercise during social isolation is important to increase the level of knowledge and information of the community and the elderly, always being careful to absorb information from the Internet because it is not always based on scientific evidence.
