Next steps to advance general physical activity recommendations towards physical exercise prescription: a narrative review

Festa, Raul Ricardo; Jofre-Saldia, Emilio; Candia, Alejandro A.; Monsalves-Alvarez, Matias; Flores-Opazo, Marcelo; Penailillo, Luis; Marzuca-Nassr, Gabriel Nasri; Aguilar-Farias, Nicolas; Fritz-Silva, Nicole; Cancino-Lopez, Jorge; Soto-Sanchez, Johana; Sepulveda, Carlos; Ojeda, Alvaro Huerta; Nuñez Espinosa, Cristian Andrés; Valladares-Ide, Denisse; Jannas-Vela, Sebastian

doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001749

Next steps to advance general physical activity recommendations towards physical exercise prescription: a narrative review

Festa, Raul Ricardo

[1];

Jofre-Saldia, Emilio

[2];

Candia, Alejandro A.

[2];

Monsalves-Alvarez, Matias

[2];

Flores-Opazo, Marcelo

[2];

Penailillo, Luis

[3];

Marzuca-Nassr, Gabriel Nasri

[4];

Aguilar-Farias, Nicolas

[5];

Fritz-Silva, Nicole

[4];

Cancino-Lopez, Jorge

[6];

Soto-Sanchez, Johana

[7];

Sepulveda, Carlos

[8];

Ojeda, Alvaro Huerta

[9];

Nuñez Espinosa, Cristian Andrés

[10];

Valladares-Ide, Denisse

[2];

Jannas-Vela, Sebastian

[2]

¹
Sports Performance Res
²
Universidad de O'Higgins
³
Universidad Andres Bello
⁴
Interuniv Ctr Hlth Aging RED21993
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Universidad de La Frontera
⁶
Universidad Finis Terrae
⁷
Universidad Mayor
⁸
Clin MEDS
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Universidad de Las Americas - Chile
¹⁰
Escuela de Medicina

DOI

10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001749

Date Issued

2023-10

Type

Artículo de revisión

Journal

Bmj Open Sport and Exercise Medicine

ISSN

2055-7647

Open Access

gold

Volume

9

Links

https://arca.umag.cl/handle/123456789/14692

Physical inactivity is a major health concern, associated with the development of several non-communicable diseases and with an increased mortality rate. Therefore, promoting active lifestyles has become a crucial public health necessity for enhancing overall health and quality of life. The WHO guidelines for physical activity (PA) present valuable contributions in this respect; however, we believe that greater specificity should be added or complemented towards physical exercise (PE) testing, prescription and programming in future recommendations. In this review article, we suggest simple and practical tools accessible to the entire population to improve the specificity of this approach, highlighting aspects of PE programming used by trained subjects. By adopting these suggestions, exercise professionals, clinicians and physical trainers can optimise the current general PA recommendations towards PE prescription to improve fitness status and encourage PE adherence in the general population.

physical activity

exercise

exercise testing

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