Sonza, Aneliseda Cunha de Sá Caputo, DanúbiaSartorio, AlessandroTamini, SofíaSeixas, AdéritoSañudo Corrales, Francisco de BorjaSüßenbach, JessicaMontillo Provenza, MarcelloLayter Xavier, ViniciusTaiar, RedhaBernardo-Filho, Mario2021-08-022021-08-022021Sonza, A., da Cunha de Sá Caputo, D., Sartorio, A., Tamini, S., Seixas, A., Sañudo Corrales, F.d.B.,...,Bernardo-Filho, M. (2021). COVID-19 Lockdown and the Behavior Change on Physical Exercise, Pain and Psychological Well-Being: An International Multicentric Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 3810-1-3810-20.https://hdl.handle.net/11441/116584URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/7/3810Objective: To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the following lockdown on physical exercise (PEx) practice, pain, and psychological well-being. Methods: A cross-sectional multicentric study was performed using a nonrandom convenience sampling from the general population ( 18 years-old) of 6 countries (Brazil, Italy, France, Portugal, Germany, and Spain) adopting social isolation (SI). The validated self-administered online survey (PEF-COVID19) was used. The tests T-test and Chi-square with Bonferroni correction were used for statistical analysis and a multivariate logistic regression model (p < 0.05). Results: We included 3194 replies and ~80% of the respondents were in SI. Brazilian sample was highly influenced by the pandemic considering PEx practice and habits, pain, anxiety, and stress (p < 0.05). Among the European countries, Italy presented the major changes. The model to predict the non-practice of PEx during SI showed that the variables countries, smoking, SI, and PEx level were significant predictors (p < 0.001). Conclusion: The pandemic changed the PEx practice and habits, and the psychological well-being of populations in different manners. Countries, smoking, SI, and PEx level were predictors for the non-practice of PEx. Public health strategies are suggested to avoid sedentary lifestyles and quality of life decrease.application/pdf20 p.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/SARS-CoV-2Physical exerciseSurveyStressAnxietySocial isolationPaininfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph180738