Deconditioning as main mechanism of impaired exercise response in COVID-19 survivors

Rocco Francesco Rinaldo; Michele Mondoni; Elena Maria Parazzini; Federica Pitari; Elena Brambilla; Simone Luraschi; Maurizio Balbi; Giuseppe Francesco Sferrazza Papa; Giovanni Sotgiu; Marco Guazzi; Fabiano Di Marco; Stefano Centanni

doi:10.1183/13993003.00870-2021

Deconditioning as main mechanism of impaired exercise response in COVID-19 survivors

Eur Respir J. 2021 Aug 26;58(2):2100870. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00870-2021. Print 2021 Aug.

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Health Sciences, Respiratory Unit, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy rocco.rinaldo@unimi.it.
² Dept of Health Sciences, Respiratory Unit, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ Radiologic Sciences, Dept of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
⁴ Dipartimento di Scienze Neuroriabilitative, Casa di Cura del Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Dept of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
⁷ Dept of Health Sciences, Cardiology Unit, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁸ Dept of Health Sciences, Respiratory Unit, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, University of Milan, Bergamo, Italy.

Abstract

CPET reveals only a mild impairment of exercise capacity, with preserved ventilatory and gas exchange response at 3 months follow-up in COVID-19 survivors, due to deconditioning https://bit.ly/3sI8e0Y

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Exercise
Humans
SARS-CoV-2
Survivors