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ArticleGeroScience2024

Optimizing cardiopulmonary rehabilitation duration for long COVID patients: an exercise physiology monitoring approach.

Zsofia Szarvas, Monika Fekete, Gergo Jozsef Szollosi, Katica Kup, Rita Horvath, Maya Shimizu, Fuko Tsuhiya, Ha Eun Choi, Huang-Tzu Wu, Vince Fazekas-Pongor and 15 more

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Article in GeroScience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Assessment and management of post-COVID-19 pulmonary complications: a rapid review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Zsofia SzarvasDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-0022-5053
Monika FeketeDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Gergo Jozsef SzollosiCoordination Center for Research in Social Sciences, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
Katica KupDepartment of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Rita HorvathDepartment of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Maya ShimizuDepartment of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Fuko TsuhiyaDepartment of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Ha Eun ChoiDepartment of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Huang-Tzu WuDepartment of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Vince Fazekas-PongorDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Kinga Nedda PeteDoctoral School of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Renata CserjesiInstitute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Regina BakosDepartment of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Orsolya GobelDepartment of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Kata GyongyosiDepartment of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Renata PinterDepartment of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Dora KolozsvariDepartment of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Zsuzsanna KovatsDepartment of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Andriy YabluchanskiyInternational Training Program in Geroscience, Doctoral School of Basic and Translational Medicine/Department of Public Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Cameron D OwensOklahoma Center for Geroscience and Healthy Brain Aging, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Zoltan UngvariInternational Training Program in Geroscience, Doctoral School of Basic and Translational Medicine/Department of Public Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Stefano TarantiniInternational Training Program in Geroscience, Doctoral School of Basic and Translational Medicine/Department of Public Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Gabor HorvathDepartment of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Veronika MullerDepartment of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
Janos Tamas VargaDepartment of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. varga.janos.tamas@semmelweis.hu.ORCID 0000-0002-8552-1336

Funding

MTA COVID application PC2022-3/2022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The presence of prolonged symptoms after COVID infection worsens the workability and quality of life. 200 adults with long COVID syndrome were enrolled after medical, physical, and mental screening, and were divided into two groups based on their performance. The intervention group (n = 100) received supervised rehabilitation at Department of Pulmonology, Semmelweis University with the registration number 160/2021 between 01/APR/2021-31/DEC/2022, while an age-matched control group (n = 100) received a single check-up. To evaluate the long-term effects of the rehabilitation, the intervention group was involved in a 2- and 3-month follow-up, carrying out cardiopulmonary exercise test. Our study contributes understanding long COVID rehabilitation, emphasizing the potential benefits of structured cardiopulmonary rehabilitation in enhancing patient outcomes and well-being. Significant difference was found between intervention group and control group at baseline visit in pulmonary parameters, as forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume, forced expiratory volume, transfer factor for carbon monoxide, transfer coefficient for carbon monoxide, and oxygen saturation (all p < 0.05). Our follow-up study proved that a 2-week long, patient-centered pulmonary rehabilitation program has a positive long-term effect on people with symptomatic long COVID syndrome. Our data showed significant improvement between two and three months in maximal oxygen consumption (p < 0.05). Multidisciplinary, individualized approach may be a key element of a successful cardiopulmonary rehabilitation in long COVID conditions, which improves workload, quality of life, respiratory function, and status of patients with long COVID syndrome.

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Cardiac RehabilitationCOVID-19Post-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeAgedExercise TestExercise TherapyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeSARS-CoV-2Functional parametersLong COVIDPost-COVIDPulmonary rehabilitationQuality of life

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PMID38771423
PMCPMC11336035

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