Assessment of Exercise Capacity in Post-COVID-19 Patients: How Is the Appropriate Test Chosen?

ABSTRACT: There is a wide range of sequelae affecting COVID-19 survivors, including impaired physical capacity. These sequelae can affect the quality of life and return to work of the active population. Therefore, one of the pillars of following-up is the evaluation of physical capacity, which can be assessed with field tests (such as the six-minute walk test, the one-minute standing test, the Chester step test, and the shuttle walking test) or laboratory tests (such as the cardiopulmonary exercise test). These tests can be performed in different contexts and have amply demonstrated their usefulness in the assessment of physical capacity both in post-COVID-19 patients and in other chronic respiratory, metabolic, cardiologic, or neurologic diseases. However, when traditional tests cannot be performed

SUBMITTER: Torres-Castro R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10054514 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature