Multicomponent Exercise Program to Improve the Immediate Sequelae of COVID-19: A Prospective Study with a Brief Report of 2-Year Follow-Up

  1. Martínez Rolando, Lidia 11223
  2. Villafañe, Jorge Hugo 4
  3. Cercadillo García, Soledad 123
  4. Sanz Argüello, Ana 123
  5. Villanueva Rosa, Marta 123
  6. Sánchez Romero, Eleuterio A. 1122
  1. 1 Universidad Europea de Madrid
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    Universidad Europea de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04dp46240

  2. 2 Universidad Europea de Canarias
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    Universidad Europea de Canarias

    Orotava, España

    ROR https://ror.org/051xcrt66

  3. 3 Hospital de Móstoles
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    Hospital de Móstoles

    Móstoles, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04tqrbk66

  4. 4 IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, 20141 Milan, Italy
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Revista:
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

ISSN: 1660-4601

Año de publicación: 2022

Volumen: 19

Número: 19

Páginas: 12396

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.3390/IJERPH191912396 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Resumen

COVID-19 placed teams of professionals in a hostile and unfamiliar environment where the lack of knowledge of its pathology led to the adaptation of programs used so far for other conditions to try to address the immediate sequelae of COVID-19 infection. That is why the aim of this study was to assess the effects of a multicomponent exercise program (MEP) in improving cardio-respiratory performance, health status, disability due to dyspnea, aerobic capacity and endurance, and the immediate sequelae of COVID-19. Thirty-nine patients referred from different hospital services were included in this study. An intervention of seven weeks with sessions twice a week was carried out, where patients underwent intervallic training sessions followed by strengthening exercises and individualized respiratory physiotherapy exercises. The results of this study show a significant improvement in cardio-respiratory performance, health status, disability due to dyspnea, and aerobic capacity and endurance after intervention; and an increase in health status and reduction in disability due to dyspnea at the 2-year follow-up. In addition, none of the patients had any adverse effects either pre-post treatment or at the 2-year follow-up. Individualized and monitored MEP in survivors of COVID-19 showed positive effects in a pre-post evaluation and the 2-year follow up, improving the immediate sequelae of post-COVID-19 patients. This highlights the importance of the professional background of the rehabilitation teams in adapting to an unknown clinical environment.

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The APC was funded by the European University of Madrid C/Tajo s/n, 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain. Award for Best Research Project in post-COVID-19 sequelae awarded by the Ilustre Colegio Profesional de Fisioterapeutas de la Comunidad de Madrid (Spain), December 2021.

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