[Physical activity: Tools for customized assessment and prescription]

Area of Science:

• Sports Medicine
• Preventive Medicine
• Cardiology

Context:

• Physical activity is vital for managing chronic diseases and preventing relapses.
• Physician adoption of physical activity prescriptions is currently limited by practical obstacles.
• Integrating physical activity into therapeutic care is a global health priority.

Purpose:

• To introduce practical tools designed to facilitate the prescription of physical activity by physicians.
• To overcome common barriers hindering the routine implementation of physical activity in clinical practice.
• To enable systematic and early integration of physical activity into patient management.

Summary:

• Development of practical tools including a contraindications sheet, effort level prescription, functional phenotype table, indications sheet, and a prescription template.
• These tools support a decision-tree-based medical assessment for personalized physical activity plans.
• Aims to streamline the process for physicians to prescribe physical activity effectively.

Impact:

• Facilitates systematic and early integration of physical activity into patient care pathways.
• Empowers physicians with practical resources to overcome prescription barriers.
• Enhances therapeutic care for chronic diseases through customized physical activity interventions.