THE SEDENTARY CONTRAST STRATEGIES IN THE OLDER PEOPLE DURING THE SPREAD OF COVID 19: THE ITALIAN EXPERIENCE

In the elderly population, the advantages deriving from active lifestyles and from the increase in the levels of physical activity assume particular importance especially for the contrast of the aging effects. The restrictions related to individual mobility and the indications recently provided by the Italian Government regarding the maintenance of social distances to contrast the Covid 19 spread and contagion, have reduced the movement opportunities for people over 65yeasr old. The measures to combat the contagion have been progressive, from 8 March to 11 March and have disciplined and conditioned numerous individual and collective behaviors. The subsequent closure of parks, gardens and equipped green areas prevented the use of these spaces for recreational motor activity or for walking. The purpose of this study is to describe the strategies adopted and the motor tasks identified in a particular period of limitation of individual and group travel for the over 65 years old population. The motor skills to be solicited must meet two criteria: they must be related to the daily life and senior independence skills; they must be identified among those most affected by a period of forced suspension of activities or forced sedentary lifestyle.