Exercise-based rehabilitation might help patients with Long COVID

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Breathing exercises and other exercise-based rehabilitation could improve life for patients suffering from post-COVID-19 conditions. Researchers reviewed clinical trials involving more than 1200 patients, and found moderately certain evidence that these rehabilitation interventions were associated with improvements in functional exercise capacity and quality of life. However, they say that health professionals should monitor patients closely during treatment until more is known about the likelihood of adverse effects occurring.

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From: JAMA

The findings of this systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that rehabilitation interventions in adults with post–COVID-19 condition are associated with improvements in functional exercise capacity, dyspnea, and quality of life, with a high probability of improvement compared with the current standard care. The certainty of evidence was moderate for functional exercise capacity and quality of life and low for other outcomes.

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conference: JAMA Network Open

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Organisation/s: Western University, Ontario, Canada, St Joseph's Hospital, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Funder: This study was supported by the Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Health Outcomes and Knowledge Translation (to Dr Macdermid), the Dr James Roth Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Measurement and Knowledge Translation (to Dr Macdermid), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral award (to Dr Bobos), the Arthritis Society Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (20-0000000016 to Dr Bobos), and the Chevening Scholarship Program (to Dr Pereira).

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