Maintaining Children's Physical Activity: A Challenge During the COVID-19 Lockdown

authors:

avatar Elham Mousavi ORCID 1 , avatar Haleh Dadgostar ORCID 1 , * , avatar Elham Dadgostar 2 , avatar Masood Mohseni ORCID 3

Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, School of Medicine, Rasool Akram Medical Complex, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Student of ESL Course in Columbia College, Calgary, Canada
Department of Anesthesiology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Iranian Journal of Pediatrics: Vol.32, issue 1; e117986
published online: February 16, 2022
article type: Letter
received: July 17, 2021
revised: December 12, 2021
accepted: January 7, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp.117986

how to cite: Mousavi E, Dadgostar H, Dadgostar E, Mohseni M. Maintaining Children's Physical Activity: A Challenge During the COVID-19 Lockdown. Iran J Pediatr. 2022;32(1):e117986. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp.117986.

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