Journal
CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE
Volume 18, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/14799731211015691
Keywords
COVID; rehabilitation; breathlessness; fatigue; exercise
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- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
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Recovery programmes for individuals with lasting symptoms of COVID-19 can significantly improve exercise capacity, respiratory symptoms, fatigue, and cognition, with no serious adverse events recorded.
Individuals with lasting symptoms of COVID-19 should be offered a comprehensive recovery programme. 30 individuals (mean[SD] age 58[16]) that completed a 6 week, twice supervised rehabilitation programme demonstrated statistically significant improvements in exercise capacity, respiratory symptoms, fatigue and cognition. Participants improved by 112 m on the Incremental Shuttle Walking Test and 544 seconds on the Endurance Shuttle Walking Test. There were no serious adverse events recorded, and there were no dropouts related to symptom worsening. COVID-19 rehabilitation appears feasible and significantly improves clinical outcomes.
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