ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2023
Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness Post-COVID-19: A Narrative Review.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Determinants of cardiorespiratory fitness measured by cardiopulmonary exercise testing in COVID-19 survivors: a systematic review with meta-analysis and meta‑regression.Brazilian journal of physical therapyPooled it
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- Therapeutic Effects of Slow Deep Breathing on Cardiopulmonary Function, Physical Performance, Biochemical Parameters, and Stress in Older Adult Patients with Long COVID in Phayao, Thailand.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2025Trial
- Comparisons between anosmia and ageusia with neurological symptoms and cardiorespiratory fitness among post-COVID-19 individuals: a cross-sectional study.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2026Article
- Long-Term Respiratory Outcomes in Pediatric Patients Following COVID-19 Infection and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).Biomedicines · 2026Article
- A retrospective study on the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on cardiopulmonary function in a healthy Chinese cohort: a focus on "long COVID".Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Extracellular-to-total body water ratio is associated with comorbidity and cardiorespiratory fitness in older adults with post-COVID-19 syndrome.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Police Fitness: An International Perspective on Current and Future Challenges.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Mitochondrial metabolic rescue in post-COVID-19 syndrome: MR spectroscopy insights and precision nutritional therapeutics.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Cardiopulmonary Resilience in Highly Active Individuals: Pre-Post COVID-19 Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Analysis.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2025Article
- Evaluation of myocardial work and exercise capacity in patients recovered from the severe form of COVID-19.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2024Article
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Autonomic Dysfunction Associated With COVID-19: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2024Review
- Impact of COVID-19 on Diaphragmatic Function: Understanding Multiorgan Involvement and Long-Term Consequences.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Musculoskeletal, Pulmonary, and Cardiovascular COVID-19 Sequelae in the Context of Firefighter Occupational Health: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- Evaluating performance on the Glittre-ADL test in men with long COVID 3 years after a SARS-CoV-2 infection.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2024Article
- SARS-CoV-2 infection decreases cardiorespiratory fitness and time-trial performance even two months after returning to regular training - Insights from a longitudinal case series of well-trained kayak athletes.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2024Article
- Exercise Intolerance Is Associated with Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Long COVID-19 Syndrome.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- How Is Life After Severe COVID-19?: Functional Cardiopulmonary Outcome and Quality of Life.CHEST pulmonary · 2024Article
- Hyperaemia during dynamic handgrip exercise is preserved in healthy young subjects after recovery from COVID-19.Experimental physiology · 2024Article
- Pulmonary diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide and nitric oxide after COVID-19: A prospective cohort study (the SECURe study).Experimental physiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Patients recovering from COVID-19 often report symptoms of exhaustion, fatigue and dyspnoea and present with exercise intolerance persisting for months post-infection. Numerous studies investigated these sequelae and their possible underlying mechanisms using cardiopulmonary exercise testing. We aimed to provide an in-depth discussion as well as an overview of the contribution of selected organ systems to exercise intolerance based on the Wasserman gears. The gears represent the pulmonary system, cardiovascular system, and periphery/musculature and mitochondria. Thirty-two studies that examined adult patients post-COVID-19 via cardiopulmonary exercise testing were included. In 22 of 26 studies reporting cardiorespiratory fitness (herein defined as peak oxygen uptake-VO
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