ArticleRevista Brasileira de terapia intensiva
Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation in post-COVID-19 patients: case series.
Article in Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation programmes and/or respiratory muscle training in patients with post-COVID conditions: a systematic review.Respiratory research · 2024Pooled it
- Systematic Review of COVID-19-Related Physical Activity-Based Rehabilitations: Benefits to Be Confirmed by More Robust Methodological Approaches.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Exercise-Based Rehabilitation in Severe COVID-19 Survivors with Long COVID: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Trial
- Pulmonary and Functional Rehabilitation Improves Functional Capacity, Pulmonary Function and Respiratory Muscle Strength in Post COVID-19 Patients: Pilot Clinical Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Dose-response effect between the number of long COVID symptoms and the use of different health services.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Pulmonary and functional hallmarks after SARS-CoV-2 infection across three WHO severity level-groups: an observational study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation in post-COVID-19 patients: A pre- and post-interventional study.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society · 2024Article
- Building and Sustaining Organizational Capacity for the Rehabilitation Profession to Support Long COVID Care.Cardiopulmonary physical therapy journal · 2024Article
- Review
- COVID-19, cardiac involvement and cardiac rehabilitation: Insights from a rehabilitation perspective - State of the Art.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2022Review
- Physical and psychological reconditioning in long COVID syndrome: Results of an out-of-hospital exercise and psychological - based rehabilitation program.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2022Article
- Article
- First results from post-COVID inpatient rehabilitation.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2022Article
- Importance of functional capacity assessment and physical exercise during and after hospitalization in COVID-19 patients: revisiting pulmonary rehabilitation.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2021Article
- Article
- The effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation for Post-COVID symptoms: A rapid review of the literature.Respiratory medicineReview
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The natural history of the disease, and the treatment of post-COVID-19 patients, are still being built. Symptoms are persistent, even in mild cases, and the infection consequences include fatigue, dyspnea, tachycardia, muscle loss, and reduced functional capacity. Regarding cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, there seems to be an improvement in functional capacity, quality of life, and prognosis with the 6-Minute Walk Test used as a prognostic and therapeutic evaluator. Therefore, this case series report aims to present our experience with four cases of different severity levels, involved in a post-COVID-19 cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program. These patients were assessed with the 6-Minute Walk Test, peripheral muscle strength, and double product at rest, to assess the results after a three-month rehabilitation protocol of at least 300 minutes per week. The four patients had their distance covered during the walk test increased between 16% and 94%. Peripheral muscle strength was improved by 20% to six times the baseline values, and double product at rest was reduced by 8% to 42%. The cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program had a positive impact on these cases, improving functional capacity despite the different severity levels in these post-COVID-19 cases.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.