Key result
Mild COVID-19 recovery shows preserved exercise capacity, whereas symptomatic or hospitalized status links to persistent limitations.
Why the study?
The impact of medium-term recovery status after COVID-19 illness on cardiopulmonary exercise capacity in physically active adults was unclear.
Does medium-term recovery status after COVID-19 illness affect cardiopulmonary exercise capacity in a physically active adult population?
Observational
Does medium-term recovery status after COVID-19 illness affect cardiopulmonary exercise capacity in a physically active adult population?
Community-treated individuals who feel recovered 5 months post-COVID-19 can likely return to higher intensity exercise, while those with persistent symptoms or who were hospitalized require ongoing monitoring and rehabilitation due to functional limitations.
May support return-to-exercise decisions in recovered community-treated patients; leaves open targeted rehab needs for symptomatic and hospitalized groups.
At 5 mo postinfection, community-treated individuals who feel recovered have comparable cardiopulmonary exercise profiles to the physically trained and active controls, suggesting a readiness to return to higher intensity/volumes of exercise. However, both symptomatic groups and the hospital-recovered group have persistent functional limitations when compared with active controls, supporting the requirement for ongoing monitoring, rehabilitation, and recovery.
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Ladlow et al. (2022) conducted an observational in COVID-19. COVID-19 illness recovery status vs. Physically trained and active controls was evaluated on Cardiopulmonary exercise capacity.
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