Home-Based Resistance Training for Older Subjects during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Italy: Preliminary Results of a Six-Months RCT.
Jacopo Antonino VitaleMatteo BonatoStefano BorghiCarmelo MessinaDomenico AlbanoSabrina CorbettaLuca Maria SconfienzaGiuseppe BanfiPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2020)
The home-based resistance-training program during the lockdown period, caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, determined only within-group improvement in lower limb muscle strength but not in muscle mass and composition in older subjects. Home confinement may partially explain the increase in total body fat due to a reduced daily PA regime and altered diet pattern.