ArticleAnnals of thoracic medicine
Long-term COVID-19 effects on pulmonary function, exercise capacity, and health status.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of Exercise-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with Long COVID: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in respiratory medicine · 2026Pooled it
- COVID-19 does not influence functional status after ARDS therapy.Critical care (London, England) · 2023Trial
- Long-term health outcomes in elderly COPD patients with long COVID: a 2-year prospective cohort study.Respiratory research · 2026Article
- Effects of an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program on exercise capacity, muscle fatigue, dyspnea, and functional status in post-COVID-19 patients: non-randomized clinical trial.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Article
- Post-COVID-19 Rehabilitation Improves Mobility and Gait Performance: Evidence from TUG and 10MWT.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life and Functional Status of Post-COVID-19 Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Long COVID in Elderly COPD Patients: Clinical Features, Pulmonary Function Decline, and Proteomic Insights.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025Article
- Physical exercise-related manifestations of long COVID: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2024Review
- A follow-up study on respiratory outcomes, quality of life and performance perception of SARS-CoV-2 primary and reinfection in elite athletes: A 9-month prospective study.European journal of sport science · 2024Article
- Effects of Aerobic Exercise Therapy through Nordic Walking Program in Lactate Concentrations, Fatigue and Quality-of-Life in Patients with Long-COVID Syndrome: A Non-Randomized Parallel Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Understanding Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Used in Adult Survivors Experiencing Long-Term Effects After COVID-19 Infection: A Rapid Review.Journal of patient-centered research and reviews · 2024Review
- Predictors of reduced incremental shuttle walk test performance in patients with long post-COVID-19.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2024Article
- Impairment of Social-Related Quality of Life in COVID-19 Pneumonia Survivors: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- The long-term impact of COVID-19 pneumonia on pulmonary function and exercise capacity.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Article
- Health related quality of life and its determinants in COVID-19 patients.Tuberkuloz ve toraks · 2023Article
- Long-Term Health Consequences of SARS-CoV-2: Assumptions Based on SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV Infections.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The effect of child malnourishment on measles spread amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Rehabilitation and COVID-19: update of the rapid living systematic review by Cochrane Rehabilitation Field as of February 28th, 2022.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2022Article
- Effects and Causes of Detraining in Athletes Due to COVID-19: A Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe long-term effects of respiratory function and related physiological characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivors have not yet been studied in depth.
objectiveTo examine pulmonary function, exercise capacity, and health-related quality of life among COVID-19 survivors.
methodsEighty-five survivors with confirmed COVID-19 were evaluated at the end of 3 and 6 months after disease onset. The assessment included lung function, diffusing capacity, 6-min walk distance (6MWD), and health status by the 36-item Short-Form General Health Survey (SF-36) questionnaire.
resultsTotally 85 survivors, 48 (56.5%) were men. The mean (standard deviation) age was 34.6 (9.9) years. Thirteen patients (15.2%) had medical co-morbidities the mean length of hospitalization was 18.5 (5.6) days. 25 (29.4%) required intensive care unit admission, whereas 6 (7%) of them required invasive mechanical ventilation. No significant differences were observed between lung volume parameters. At 6 months, there was a significant reduction in diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO),
conclusionIn discharged survivors with COVID-19, 23.5% had significant impairment of diffusion capacity abnormality of lung function. The exercise capacity and health status were considerably lower than that of a normal population after 6 months postinfection.
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