ArticleAnnals of medicine2021
Six-month outcomes and effect of pulmonary rehabilitation among patients hospitalized with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study.
Article in Annals of medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05449379 (Evaluation of Influence of Proprietary Physical Training Program on Quality of Life, Physical Endurance, Function of Muscles and Myokines Profile in Patients After COVID-19 Infection.), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Evaluation of Influence of Proprietary Physical Training Program on Quality of Life, Physical Endurance, Function of Muscles and Myokines Profile in Patients After COVID-19 Infection.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical assessment of endothelial function in convalescent COVID-19 patients: a meta-analysis with meta-regressions.Annals of medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic Review of COVID-19-Related Physical Activity-Based Rehabilitations: Benefits to Be Confirmed by More Robust Methodological Approaches.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- ESCMID rapid guidelines for assessment and management of long COVID.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2022Guideline
- Additive benefit of rehabilitation on physical status, symptoms and mental health after hospitalisation for severe COVID-19 pneumonia.BMJ open respiratory research · 2023Trial
- Efficacy of early pulmonary rehabilitation in severe and critically ill COVID-19 patients: a retrospective cohort study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- Long-term effects of difference dosage of pulmonary rehabilitation program in post severe COVID-19 patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of tele-exercise training on physical fitness, functional capacity, and health-related quality of life in non-hospitalized individuals with COVID-19: The COFIT-HK study.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2024Article
- Factors associated with the SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin-G titer levels in convalescent whole-blood donors: a Chinese cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Activity of Daily Living and Walking Ability of Patients with Severe COVID-19 at Discharge from an Acute Care Hospital.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2024Article
- Post-hospitalization rehabilitation alleviates long-term immune repertoire alteration in COVID-19 convalescent patients.Cell proliferation · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of Respiratory Rehabilitation in COVID-19's Post-Acute Phase: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with COVID-19-A Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatients appear to maintain sequelae post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affecting daily life and physical health. We investigated the changes in and the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) on exercise capacity and immunology six months after COVID-19 hospitalization.
methodsThis retrospective cohort reviewed 233 COVID-19 patients admitted from 17 January 2020 to 29 February 2020. Ninety-eight patients who completed 2-week and 6-month follow-ups and tests were included. Among 98 patients, 27 completed at least five sessions of PR at the First Hospital of Changsha, China, during the 6-month convalescence were allocated to the PR group; the reminder who had not performed any PR were assigned to the control group. The primary outcome was the change in six-minute walk distance (6-MWD) between the 2-week and 6-month follow-ups, which was assessed via analysis of covariance with a covariate of propensity score that adjusted for the potential confounders. Secondary outcomes were the changes in 6-MWD, SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulins, T-lymphocytes and blood chemistry, which were evaluated via paired tests.
resultsParticipants' ages ranged from 19 to 84 years (
conclusionsThese findings suggest PR may be a strategy to promote the improvement of exercise capacity after COVID-19.
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