Cardiorespiratory fitness response to endurance training in athletes post-COVID-19 compared to unaffected athletes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endurance sports primarily attract recreational athletes over 35 years, who impose an exceptionally rigorous and sustained demand on their cardiorespiratory systems.

Objectives

This study aimed to determine the influence of COVID-19 on the cardiovascular, pulmonary, and skeletal muscle function of endurance athletes with exercise intolerance. Secondly, it aimed to compare the exercise response of endurance athletes post-COVID-19 to those unaffected using cardiopulmonary exercise test-related variables.

Methods

This is a prospective observational cohort study of endurance athletes. An exposure group with protracted exercise tolerance underwent a resting lung function test and maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test. These were repeated after eight weeks of end

SUBMITTER: Haley CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11629943 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature