Approximately one month after hospital discharge, patients with COVID-19 can have residual respiratory impairment, including lower exercise tolerance. The extent of this impairment seems to correlate with the severity of respiratory failure during hospitalization....
Let us consider a scenario where this adult develops pneumonia due to COVID-19. The patient is febrile (39 °C) and visits the Emergency Department of the regional Hospital, reporting breathing difficulties (dyspnea). Clinical examination reveals tachycardia and signs of increased work of breathing...
Therefore, physical exercise by itself plays an important role in rehabilitation following COVID-19. Different studies have also focused on the application of traditional Chinese exercise protocols. In particular, Liuzijue Qigong [105,106], a kind of traditional Chinese exercise practice, has been ...
(RMT) effects in COVID-19 patients upon medical discharge and after an ICU stay with IMV. A retrospective case-series study was performed. Forty COVID-19 patients were enrolled and divided into twenty participants who received IMV during ICU stay (IMV group) and 20 participants who did not ...
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Effects of exercise-based pulmonary rehabilitation on lung function, muscle strength and functional capacity in post-COVID-19 patients Purpose To evaluate the effects of exercise-based pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) on lung function, muscle strength and functional performance in patients wi... RM ...
SLH persistence significantly increased the risk of dyspnea and fatigue after COVID-19. The CD4/CD8 ratio was significantly negatively correlated with RV/TLC. The results of our study indicated that SAD and dysregulated T-cell immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection are independently associated ...
In this context, some strategies have been used in COPD patients aiming to improve exercise performance. Pursed-lip breathing is an intuitive technique that frequently many COPD adopt to reduce dyspnea during exertion and have been frequently used during, or after any physical activity as a breathin...
to varying degrees: chronic obstructivebronchitisand pulmonaryemphysema. Individuals who predominantly have emphysema experience symptoms that differ in detail from those who predominantly have chronic bronchitis; however, both disorders contribute to shortness of breath during exercise and to general ...
COVID-19 infection causes complications, even in people who have had a mild course of the disease. The most dangerous seem to be neurological ailments: anxiety, depression, mixed anxiety–depressive (MAD) syndromes, and irreversible dementia. These conditions can negatively affect the respiratory sys...