Exercise as part of anxiety coping management in the Covid-19 pandemic era

https://doi.org/10.19106/JMedSci005303202109

Denny Agustiningsih(1*), Rakhmat Ari Wibowo(2)

(1) Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta
(2) Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


Containment effort in the COVID-19 pandemic could disrupt circadian rhythms
which play an essential role in the development of mood and anxiety disorders.
Exercise is one of several recommendations for anxiety coping during the
COVID-19 pandemic. However, not every person has a similar response to an
exercise stimulus and gets the same optimal benefits. For the best exercise
results, we must consider individual needs and capacities, including circadian
rhythm, in determining the exercise dose. This review briefly summarizes the
exercise’ mechanism as an anxiolytic through skeletal muscle-brain crosstalk
and designing exercise program with the individual optimal dose as part of
anxiety coping management in the COVID-19 pandemic situation, considering
exercise as good stress and circadian rhythm.

Keywords


anxiety; pandemic COVID-19; circadian rhythm; skeletal muscle-brain crosstalk; exercise

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