Dysautonomia following COVID-19 is not associated with subjective limitations or symptoms but is associated with objective functional limitations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individuals who contract coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can suffer with persistent and debilitating symptoms long after the initial acute illness. Heart rate (HR) profiles determined during cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and delivered as part of a post-COVID recovery service may provide insight into the presence and impact of dysautonomia on functional ability.

Objective

Using an active, working-age, post-COVID-19 population, the purpose of this study was to (1) determine and characterize any association between subjective symptoms and dysautonomia; and (2) identify objective exercise capacity differences between patients classified "with" and those "without" dysautonomia.

Methods

Patients referred to a post-COVID-19 service underwent comprehe

SUBMITTER: Ladlow P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8656177 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature