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Physical Activity Effects on Muscle Fatigue in Sport in Active Adults with Long COVID-19: An Observational Study

Long COVID-19-related changes in physiology includes alterations in performing muscle work as fatigue. Data available do not allow us to define the usefulness of physical activity to attenuate long COVID-19 functional modifications. The present observational study investigates the effects of physica...

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Autores principales: Coscia, Francesco, Mancinelli, Rosa, Gigliotti, Paola Virginia, Checcaglini, Franco, Fanò-Illic, Giorgio
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10093327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37046554
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13071336
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author Coscia, Francesco
Mancinelli, Rosa
Gigliotti, Paola Virginia
Checcaglini, Franco
Fanò-Illic, Giorgio
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Mancinelli, Rosa
Gigliotti, Paola Virginia
Checcaglini, Franco
Fanò-Illic, Giorgio
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description Long COVID-19-related changes in physiology includes alterations in performing muscle work as fatigue. Data available do not allow us to define the usefulness of physical activity to attenuate long COVID-19 functional modifications. The present observational study investigates the effects of physical activity on the perception of fatigue, maximum power output, sleep, and cognitive modifications in subjects affected by long COVID-19, distinguishing between active and sedentary subjects. The data demonstrated the following: the perception of fatigue 1 year after the end of virus positivity was significantly reduced with respect to that observed after 6 months by more than 50% more in active subjects compared to sedentary ones; 6 months after the end of virus positivity, the force developed by active subjects was reduced (RM factor: p < 0.001, η2p = 0.527, post hoc: p < 0.001), but the reduction was more pronounced in sedentary ones (mean difference = 38.499 W); poor sleep quality and mild cognitive impairment were assessed in both active and sedentary subjects. In conclusion, the study suggests that the long COVID-19 fatigue was lower in active subjects respect to sedentary ones. A comparative analysis performed due to the overlap of functional alterations between long COVID-19 and ME/CFS showed that in a small percentage of the enrolled subjects (8%), the symptomatology reflected that of ME/CFS and was independent of the individual physical capacities.
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spelling pubmed-100933272023-04-13 Physical Activity Effects on Muscle Fatigue in Sport in Active Adults with Long COVID-19: An Observational Study Coscia, Francesco Mancinelli, Rosa Gigliotti, Paola Virginia Checcaglini, Franco Fanò-Illic, Giorgio Diagnostics (Basel) Article Long COVID-19-related changes in physiology includes alterations in performing muscle work as fatigue. Data available do not allow us to define the usefulness of physical activity to attenuate long COVID-19 functional modifications. The present observational study investigates the effects of physical activity on the perception of fatigue, maximum power output, sleep, and cognitive modifications in subjects affected by long COVID-19, distinguishing between active and sedentary subjects. The data demonstrated the following: the perception of fatigue 1 year after the end of virus positivity was significantly reduced with respect to that observed after 6 months by more than 50% more in active subjects compared to sedentary ones; 6 months after the end of virus positivity, the force developed by active subjects was reduced (RM factor: p < 0.001, η2p = 0.527, post hoc: p < 0.001), but the reduction was more pronounced in sedentary ones (mean difference = 38.499 W); poor sleep quality and mild cognitive impairment were assessed in both active and sedentary subjects. In conclusion, the study suggests that the long COVID-19 fatigue was lower in active subjects respect to sedentary ones. A comparative analysis performed due to the overlap of functional alterations between long COVID-19 and ME/CFS showed that in a small percentage of the enrolled subjects (8%), the symptomatology reflected that of ME/CFS and was independent of the individual physical capacities. MDPI 2023-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10093327/ /pubmed/37046554 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13071336 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Physical Activity Effects on Muscle Fatigue in Sport in Active Adults with Long COVID-19: An Observational Study
title Physical Activity Effects on Muscle Fatigue in Sport in Active Adults with Long COVID-19: An Observational Study
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title_full_unstemmed Physical Activity Effects on Muscle Fatigue in Sport in Active Adults with Long COVID-19: An Observational Study
title_short Physical Activity Effects on Muscle Fatigue in Sport in Active Adults with Long COVID-19: An Observational Study
title_sort physical activity effects on muscle fatigue in sport in active adults with long covid-19: an observational study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10093327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37046554
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13071336
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