Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Pulmonary and Functional Rehabilitation Improves Functional Capacity, Pulmonary Function and Respiratory Muscle Strength in Post COVID-19 Patients: Pilot Clinical Trial.
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- Exercise-Based Rehabilitation in Severe COVID-19 Survivors with Long COVID: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Trial
- Effects of inspiratory muscle training on exercise capacity, muscle oxygenation and strength, physical activity, and dyspnea in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome and pulmonary involvement: a randomized controlled triple-blinded study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Trial
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- Effectiveness of a respiratory rehabilitation program including an inspiration training devicePeerJ · 2023Trial
- The effects of inspiratory muscle training on biomarkers of muscle damage in recovered COVID-19 patients after weaning from mechanical ventilation.Chronic respiratory diseaseTrial
- Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Pulmonary Function in the PURE-Colombia Cohort: A Comparative Analysis with Pre-COVID Values and Non-COVID-19 Controls.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Effects of incentive spirometer training on dyspnea and functional status in patients with long COVID.PloS one · 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
- Effects of pulmonary rehabilitation program in a community based hospital in California.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- Effect of water- and land-based exercise on lung function in children with post-COVID-19 condition: secondary results from a randomised controlled trial.ERJ open research · 2025Article
- Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Mode on Lung Function, Exercise Tolerance, Vital Signs, and Dyspnea After Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection.Clinics and practice · 2025Article
- Clinical analysis of the correlation between nutritional risk screening and prognosis of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Pulmonary rehabilitation improves lung function and exercise tolerance in elderly non-surgical NSCLC patients.American journal of cancer research · 2025Article
- Pulmonary and functional hallmarks after SARS-CoV-2 infection across three WHO severity level-groups: an observational study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Telerehabilitation Protocols for Improving Functionality in Post-COVID-19 Patients.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Rehabilitation interventions and outcomes for post-COVID condition: a scoping review.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Does long COVID in people living with HIV resemble the functional phenotype of non-HIV individuals who had moderate or severe acute COVID-19? A retrospective cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Advances in home-based respiratory muscle training for improving physical function in older adults with long COVID.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Review
- Impact of Respiratory Support During Hospitalization on Functional Outcomes in Long COVID: A Post-Hoc Analysis of a Prospective Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatients affected by COVID-19 may develop an impaired lung function, with reduced lung capacities and volumes, respiratory muscle weakness, changes in radiographic and tomographic findings, limitations in exercising, decreased functional capacity, depression, anxiety and reduced quality of life. Thus, we aimed to analyze the effects of a pulmonary and functional rehabilitation program on the functional capacity, lung function and respiratory muscle strength in patients who were affected by COVID-19 syndrome.
methodsThis is a pilot clinical trial, composed of post-COVID-19 patients with mild, moderate or severe involvement, in which, they underwent a pulmonary and functional rehabilitation program. Patients were evaluated for functional capacity by the 6 min walk test, pulmonary function by spirometry, respiratory muscle strength by manovacuometry, handgrip strength by dynamometry, quality of life by the COPD Assessment Test and functional status by the PCFS. After the initial assessments, the patients performed the rehabilitation protocol in 16 sessions (inspiratory muscle training, aerobic exercise and peripheral muscle strength) and, at the end, they were evaluated again.
resultsA total of 29 patients completed the program (12.7 ± 2.7 sessions). The functional capacity increased in meters walked from 326.3 ± 140.6 to 445.4 ± 151.1 (
conclusionsThe pulmonary and functional rehabilitation program provided an improvement in the functional capacity, pulmonary function and respiratory muscle strength in post-COVID-19 patients, restoring their quality of life.
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