{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: The Effects of a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme on Functional Capacity and Strength of Respiratory Muscles in Patients with Post-COVID Syndrome.
{Author}: Vranić L;Biloglav Z;Medaković P;Talapko J;Škrlec I;
{Journal}: Zdr Varst
{Volume}: 63
{Issue}: 3
{Year}: 2024 Sep
{Factor}: 1.603
{DOI}: 10.2478/sjph-2024-0017
{Abstract}: <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>The aim of this study was to estimate the effects of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme (PR) on the functional capacity and respiratory muscle strength of patients with post-COVID syndrome.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>A cross-sectional study was conducted using hospital data on patients who participated in a pulmonary rehabilitation programme at the Clinic for Lung Diseases, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia, between January 2021 and December 2022. Data on the spirometry, respiratory muscle strength, and functional exercise capacity of patients were collected at baseline and three weeks after the start of rehabilitation. The study included 80 patients (43 females, 37 males) with a mean age of 51±10 years.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>A significant increase in respiratory muscle strength (P<0.001) was observed after pulmonary rehabilitation, with effect sizes ranging from small to large (Cohen's d from 0.39 to 1.07), whereas the effect for PImax expressed as a percentage was large (Cohen's d=0.99). In addition, the pulmonary rehabilitation programme significantly improved the parameters of the six-minute walk test in patients, and the parameters of lung function, FVC, FEV1, and DLCO also improved significantly after PR (P<0.05).<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>The results showed that the pulmonary rehabilitation programme has clinically significant effects on functional capacity and respiratory muscle strength in patients with post-COVID syndrome.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Cilj te študije je bil oceniti učinek programa pljučne rehabilitacije na funkcionalno sposobnost in moč dihalnih mišic pri bolnikih z dolgim covidom.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Opravili smo presečno študijo na podlagi bolnišničnih podatkov o bolnikih, ki so med januarjem 2021 in decembrom 2022 sodelovali v programu pljučne rehabilitacije v Kliniki za pljučne bolezni v Univerzitetnem bolnišničnem centru v Zagrebu. Podatke o spirometriji, moči dihalnih mišic in funkcionalni zmogljivosti za telesno aktivnost bolnikov smo zbrali ob izhodišču in tri tedne po začetku rehabilitacije. Študija je vključevala 80 bolnikov (43 žensk, 37 moških) povprečne starosti 51±10 let.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Ugotovili smo bistveno povečanje moči dihalnih mišic (P < 0,001) po pljučni rehabilitaciji, pri čemer so bile velikosti učinka od majhnih do velikih (Cohen d od 0,39 do 1,07), učinek za PImax, izražen v odstotku, pa je bil velik (Cohen d = 0,99). Poleg tega je program pljučne rehabilitacije precej izboljšal parametre 6-minutnega sprehoda pri bolnikih, parametri pljučne funkcije FVC, FEV1 in DLCO pa so se po pljučni rehabilitaciji prav tako znatno izboljšali (P < 0,05).<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Rezultati so pokazali, da ima program pljučne rehabilitacije pri bolnikih z dolgim covidom klinično pomemben učinek na funkcionalno sposobnost in moč dihalnih mišic.