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Physical activities pre- and post-COVID-19 vaccination and its implementations: A narrative review

  • Sameer Badri AL-Mhanna
  • , Wan Syaheedah Wan Ghazali
  • , Afsheen Maqsood
  • , Mahaneem Mohamed
  • , Naseer Ahmed
  • , Hafeez Abiola Afolabi
  • , Yahkub Babatunde Mutalub
  • , Artak Heboyan
  • , Muhammad Sohail Zafar
  • Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Bahria University
  • Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine
  • Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi
  • Yerevan State Medical University
  • Taibah University
  • Riphah International University

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Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 is a severe communicable pulmonary medical problem that has been a challenging disease for everyone in the globe, but vaccines development and administration against this severe acute respiratory syndrome-inducing disease (coronavirus disease 2019) are currently yielding fabulous results. The mean duration of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic for this study spanned from 2020 until 2022. These manifestations are accompanied by symptoms of respiratory tract illnesses such as non-productive cough, sore throat, and nasal discharge. Relevant reviews on coronavirus disease 2019 manifestations and outcomes, consisting mainly of the infections/outbreaks, experimental information, and pre- and post-serovaccination details that occurred, were described. After a typical vaccination course, the study aims to summarize and understand more about the effectiveness of exercise on the pre-and post-coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination and its implementations. Physical activity is an immunological function adjuvant to decrease communicable disease risk and enhance immunity post-viral infection vaccination. Moderate-intensity resistance exercisesession directly before getting the influenza vaccine decreases vaccine responses in older adults, such as redness, pain, or inflammation at the injection spot or other adverse consequences compared to the inactive circumstance. However, it was reported that exercise after a shot is generally safe as long as vaccinated people feel well enough. Though exercise before or after vaccination has no negative impact on the protection afforded by the vaccine, people can exercise immediately after receiving the vaccine, as any changes in blood flow will not affect the vaccine’s response. One episode of light-to-moderate-intensifying exercise after vaccination may improve the antibody reactions to influenza or the coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine. Vaccination administered pre- and post-regular exercise is an effective approach for boosting antibody responses due to its immunostimulant effects. Future research should investigate how different vaccine antibodies respond to low, moderate, and high physical activity levels.

Original languageEnglish
JournalSAGE Open Medicine
Volume11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2023
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • exercise
  • physical activity
  • vaccines

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