title: [Medicine and physical activity and their relatedness in history].
abstract: The authors outline how scientific and social ideas and concepts, regarding the role of physical activity in human health, have evolved throughout the last centuries,.
authors.affiliation: Universíta degli Studi di Pavia, Sezione di Igiene del Dipartimento di Medicina Preventiva. gaetana.rigo@alice.it
authors.forename: Gaetana Silvia
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Rigo
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arpesella
mesh_terms: D015444:Exercise; D006666:History of Medicine; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity