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Whole-Body Cryostimulation in Post-COVID Rehabilitation for Patients with Obesity: A Multidisciplinary Feasibility Study

Background: A post-COVID condition can reduce activity and quality of life, resulting in a significant socioeconomic and health burden. Understanding its impact on patients’ health is important for the development of personalized rehabilitation interventions. An independent association between obesi...

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Autores principales: Fontana, Jacopo Maria, Alito, Angelo, Piterà, Paolo, Verme, Federica, Cattaldo, Stefania, Cornacchia, Mauro, Mai, Stefania, Brunani, Amelia, Capodaglio, Paolo
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10669700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38002092
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11113092
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author Fontana, Jacopo Maria
Alito, Angelo
Piterà, Paolo
Verme, Federica
Cattaldo, Stefania
Cornacchia, Mauro
Mai, Stefania
Brunani, Amelia
Capodaglio, Paolo
author_facet Fontana, Jacopo Maria
Alito, Angelo
Piterà, Paolo
Verme, Federica
Cattaldo, Stefania
Cornacchia, Mauro
Mai, Stefania
Brunani, Amelia
Capodaglio, Paolo
author_sort Fontana, Jacopo Maria
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description Background: A post-COVID condition can reduce activity and quality of life, resulting in a significant socioeconomic and health burden. Understanding its impact on patients’ health is important for the development of personalized rehabilitation interventions. An independent association between obesity and post-COVID condition was found because of complications and comorbidities. Methods: Sixteen patients with obesity and post-COVID symptoms (i.e., dyspnea, pain, poor sleep quality, muscle fatigue), admitted to the Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Piancavallo (VB), Italy, were recruited for a four-week rehabilitation program including conventional exercise therapy, nutritional intervention, psychological support and whole-body cryostimulation (WBC). Results: All participants attended all sessions of the program. Anthropometric data showed statistically significant changes in weight, waist circumference and body mass index. Biochemical analyses showed significant reductions in lipid and inflammatory profiles. There was a significant improvement in physical performance, reduction in pain and improvement in psychological well-being. Conclusion: A multidisciplinary rehabilitation protocol including WBC, designed for patients with obesity and a post-COVID condition, is safe and feasible. The overall improvements demonstrate that multidisciplinary rehabilitation was effective on post COVID patients and suggest that the use of WBC is safe and could play a role as a booster in rehabilitation programs.
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spelling pubmed-106697002023-11-18 Whole-Body Cryostimulation in Post-COVID Rehabilitation for Patients with Obesity: A Multidisciplinary Feasibility Study Fontana, Jacopo Maria Alito, Angelo Piterà, Paolo Verme, Federica Cattaldo, Stefania Cornacchia, Mauro Mai, Stefania Brunani, Amelia Capodaglio, Paolo Biomedicines Article Background: A post-COVID condition can reduce activity and quality of life, resulting in a significant socioeconomic and health burden. Understanding its impact on patients’ health is important for the development of personalized rehabilitation interventions. An independent association between obesity and post-COVID condition was found because of complications and comorbidities. Methods: Sixteen patients with obesity and post-COVID symptoms (i.e., dyspnea, pain, poor sleep quality, muscle fatigue), admitted to the Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Piancavallo (VB), Italy, were recruited for a four-week rehabilitation program including conventional exercise therapy, nutritional intervention, psychological support and whole-body cryostimulation (WBC). Results: All participants attended all sessions of the program. Anthropometric data showed statistically significant changes in weight, waist circumference and body mass index. Biochemical analyses showed significant reductions in lipid and inflammatory profiles. There was a significant improvement in physical performance, reduction in pain and improvement in psychological well-being. Conclusion: A multidisciplinary rehabilitation protocol including WBC, designed for patients with obesity and a post-COVID condition, is safe and feasible. The overall improvements demonstrate that multidisciplinary rehabilitation was effective on post COVID patients and suggest that the use of WBC is safe and could play a role as a booster in rehabilitation programs. MDPI 2023-11-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10669700/ /pubmed/38002092 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11113092 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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Fontana, Jacopo Maria
Alito, Angelo
Piterà, Paolo
Verme, Federica
Cattaldo, Stefania
Cornacchia, Mauro
Mai, Stefania
Brunani, Amelia
Capodaglio, Paolo
Whole-Body Cryostimulation in Post-COVID Rehabilitation for Patients with Obesity: A Multidisciplinary Feasibility Study
title Whole-Body Cryostimulation in Post-COVID Rehabilitation for Patients with Obesity: A Multidisciplinary Feasibility Study
title_full Whole-Body Cryostimulation in Post-COVID Rehabilitation for Patients with Obesity: A Multidisciplinary Feasibility Study
title_fullStr Whole-Body Cryostimulation in Post-COVID Rehabilitation for Patients with Obesity: A Multidisciplinary Feasibility Study
title_full_unstemmed Whole-Body Cryostimulation in Post-COVID Rehabilitation for Patients with Obesity: A Multidisciplinary Feasibility Study
title_short Whole-Body Cryostimulation in Post-COVID Rehabilitation for Patients with Obesity: A Multidisciplinary Feasibility Study
title_sort whole-body cryostimulation in post-covid rehabilitation for patients with obesity: a multidisciplinary feasibility study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10669700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38002092
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11113092
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