A University of New Mexico professor is conducting a study to determine if exercise can help fight off COVID-19, KRQE reported.
Assistant Professor Michael Deyhle of UNM’s Department of Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences is studying vaccinated adults to determine whether people who exercise more frequently have higher antibodies in their blood, the story said.
“A whole bunch of factors that play into how effective your immune response is,” Deyhle told the station. “ Some of those we can control for, like your exercise, diet, other lifestyle choices. Others we can’t, like genetics. Your physical fitness and your exercise are something we can modify. We can choose to be more active.”
Exercise has proven to help increase immunity among people who have had vaccines for the flue and tetanus, Deyhle said.
He hopes to complete his study within two to three months.
Deyle is recruiting people to participate in the study. You can contact Deyle at mdeyhle@unm.edu or at 505-321-7388.
He needs 60 participants, ages 18 to 65, who have been vaccinated within the last six months with the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. The study will take about an hour.
“I am excited to do this study because as a researcher I am particularly passionate about two areas: exercise physiology, and immunology. This study combines both,” Deyhle said in a statement.