Importance of mental health and physical activity in confinement

Roberta Frontini, researcher at ciTechCare, was invited to present a lecture entitled “The importance of promoting mental health and physical activity during pandemic lockdown: the relevance of a multidisciplinary view”, in the 3rd edition of The Man-Machine Wellbeing Symposium (MW).
Roberta highlighted some studies carried out by a team of lecturers and researchers at the Polytechnic of Leiria within the scope of COVID-19, reinforcing the importance of the benefits of physical activity in mental health. In the end, Roberta reinforced the importance of multidisciplinary work and the inclusion of designers in teams working on the development of services to promote the well-being of the population.

 

More information HERE (minute 27:44).