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Clinical Characteristics, Exercise Capacity and Pulmonary Function in Post-COVID-19 Competitive Athletes
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Medicine, Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 3053, p 3053 (2021), Volume 10, Issue 14
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background: Limited evidence exists regarding adverse modifications affecting cardiovascular and pulmonary function in physical active adults affected by COVID-19, especially in athletic populations. We aimed to describe the clinical presentation of COVID-19 in a cohort of competitive athletes, as well as spirometry and echocardiography findings and cardio-respiratory performance during exercise. Methods: Twenty-four competitive athletes with COVID-19 were recruited for this study after ending self-isolation and confirmation of negative laboratory results. All athletes underwent clinical evaluation, spirometry, echocardiography and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). These data were compared to a group of healthy control athletes. Results: Anosmia was the most frequent symptom present in 70.83% patients, followed by myalgia, fatigue and ageusia. The most frequent persisting symptoms were anosmia 11 (45.83%) and ageusia 8 (33.33%). Compared to controls, COVID-19 patients presented lower FEV1%: 97.5 (91.5–108) vs. 109 (106–116) p = 0.007. Peak Oxygen Uptake (VO2) in COVID-19 patients was 50.1 (47.7–51.65) vs. 49 (44.2–52.6) in controls (p = 0.618). Conclusions: Reduced exercise capacity was not identified and pulmonary and cardiovascular function are not impaired during early recovery phase in a population of physical active adults except FEV1 reduction.
- Subjects :
- Spirometry
medicine.medical_specialty
Population
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-19
physical exercise
CPET
Anosmia
Physical exercise
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Article
Pulmonary function testing
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
education
education.field_of_study
biology
medicine.diagnostic_test
Athletes
business.industry
VO2 max
General Medicine
Ageusia
biology.organism_classification
Medicine
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20770383
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3c5c2eedc9b109fb77f7d7f88dccd8a8