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Personalized aerobic and strength training program Improves Long COVID Symptoms
Researchers at University of Murcia, Spain found in a new study that a supervised, eight-week exercise program improved symptoms of patients with long COVID better than the current standard self-managed rehabilitation recommendations.
The study is published ahead of print in the Journal of Applied Physiology.
Commonly referred to as “long COVID” or “long-haul COVID,” post-COVID-19 condition occurs when symptoms develop or persist three months after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Common long COVID symptoms include brain fog, fatigue, shortness of breath and decline of mental health. Though estimated rates of people who develop long COVID vary, even the lower end of the range counts in the millions.
In an outpatient setting, long COVID interventions are currently limited to self-guided advice, such as the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “Support for Rehabilitation: Self-Management after COVID-19-Related Illness” brochure. In this study, researchers compared a supervised concurrent exercise approach to the self-guided brochure. Concurrent exercise was a combination of aerobic and strength training.
Groups of about 20 people each participated in one of four intervention types: supervised concurrent exercise, specialty breathing exercises, a combination of concurrent exercise and breathing exercises, or self-guided efforts following the WHO brochure. The concurrent training involved two sessions a week of strength training and light to moderate variable intensity aerobic exercise and one session of light intensity continuous aerobic exercise. All sessions were conducted under medical supervision and directed by certified exercise coaches. To be included in the study, the volunteers needed to participate in at least 20 of the 24 sessions.
Over 80% of the concurrent exercise participants responded well to the intervention. Both groups that included the concurrent training showed greater reductions in long COVID symptoms compared to the other groups. In addition, their fatigue and depression levels improved, and lower and upper body strength increased.
Reference:
Amaya Jimeno-Almazán, Ángel Buendía-Romero, Alejandro Martínez-Cava, Francisco Franco-López, Bernardino Javier Sánchez-Alcaraz, Javier Courel-Ibáñez, and Jesús G. Pallarés https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00489.202
Dr Kamal Kant Kohli-MBBS, DTCD- a chest specialist with more than 30 years of practice and a flair for writing clinical articles, Dr Kamal Kant Kohli joined Medical Dialogues as a Chief Editor of Medical News. Besides writing articles, as an editor, he proofreads and verifies all the medical content published on Medical Dialogues including those coming from journals, studies,medical conferences,guidelines etc. Email: drkohli@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751