Exercise capacity impairment after COVID-19 pneumonia is mainly caused by deconditioning

Kathleen Jahn; Mihaela Sava; Gregor Sommer; Desiree M. Schumann; Stefano Bassetti; Martin Siegemund; Manuel Battegay; Daiana Stolz; Michael Tamm; Nina Khanna; Katrin E. Hostettler

doi:10.1183/13993003.01136-2021

Exercise capacity impairment after COVID-19 pneumonia is mainly caused by deconditioning

Kathleen Jahn, Mihaela Sava, Gregor Sommer, Desiree M. Schumann, Stefano Bassetti, Martin Siegemund, Manuel Battegay, Daiana Stolz, Michael Tamm, Nina Khanna, Katrin E. Hostettler

European Respiratory Journal 2022 59: 2101136; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01136-2021

Kathleen Jahn

1Clinics of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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Mihaela Sava

2Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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Gregor Sommer

3Dept of Radiology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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Desiree M. Schumann

1Clinics of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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Stefano Bassetti

4Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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Martin Siegemund

5Dept of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

6Dept of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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Manuel Battegay

2Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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Daiana Stolz

1Clinics of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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Michael Tamm

1Clinics of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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Nina Khanna

2Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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Katrin E. Hostettler

1Clinics of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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For correspondence: katrin.hostettler@usb.ch

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Not pulmonary factors, but physical deconditioning is the main limiting factor of exercise capacity in patients after severe COVID-19 pneumonitis. This underscores the importance of an early rehabilitative intervention in these patients. https://bit.ly/2XVvr6C

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Conflict of interest: S. Bassetti participated on an advisory board for Pharming Technologies BV, outside the submitted work. All other authors have nothing to disclose.

Received April 23, 2021.
Accepted October 10, 2021.

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Exercise capacity impairment after COVID-19 pneumonia is mainly caused by deconditioning

Kathleen Jahn, Mihaela Sava, Gregor Sommer, Desiree M. Schumann, Stefano Bassetti, Martin Siegemund, Manuel Battegay, Daiana Stolz, Michael Tamm, Nina Khanna, Katrin E. Hostettler

European Respiratory Journal Jan 2022, 59 (1) 2101136; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01136-2021

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Exercise capacity impairment after COVID-19 pneumonia is mainly caused by deconditioning

Kathleen Jahn, Mihaela Sava, Gregor Sommer, Desiree M. Schumann, Stefano Bassetti, Martin Siegemund, Manuel Battegay, Daiana Stolz, Michael Tamm, Nina Khanna, Katrin E. Hostettler

European Respiratory Journal Jan 2022, 59 (1) 2101136; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01136-2021

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