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. 2021 Aug 26;58(2):2100870.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.00870-2021. Print 2021 Aug.

Deconditioning as main mechanism of impaired exercise response in COVID-19 survivors

Rocco Francesco Rinaldo  1 , Michele Mondoni  2 , Elena Maria Parazzini  2 , Federica Pitari  2 , Elena Brambilla  2 , Simone Luraschi  2 , Maurizio Balbi  3 , Giuseppe Francesco Sferrazza Papa  4   5 , Giovanni Sotgiu  6 , Marco Guazzi  7 , Fabiano Di Marco  8 , Stefano Centanni  2
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Deconditioning as main mechanism of impaired exercise response in COVID-19 survivors

Rocco Francesco Rinaldo et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

CPET reveals only a mild impairment of exercise capacity, with preserved ventilatory and gas exchange response at 3 months follow-up in COVID-19 survivors, due to deconditioning https://bit.ly/3sI8e0Y

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: R.F. Rinaldo has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Mondoni has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: E.M. Parazzini has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: F. Pitari has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: E. Brambilla has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Luraschi has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Balbi has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: G.F. Sferrazza Papa has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: G. Sotgiu has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Guazzi has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: F. Di Marco has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Centanni has nothing to disclose.

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  • Phenotyping long COVID.
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    Motiejunaite J, Balagny P, Arnoult F, Mangin L, Bancal C, Vidal-Petiot E, Flamant M, Jondeau G, Cohen-Solal A, d'Ortho MP, Frija-Masson J. Motiejunaite J, et al. Eur Respir J. 2021 Aug 26;58(2):2101578. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01578-2021. Print 2021 Aug. Eur Respir J. 2021. PMID: 34385265 Free PMC article.

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