{
    "abstract": "Post-COVID-19 syndrome has affected millions of people, with rehabilitation being at the center of non-pharmacologic care. However, numerous published studies show conflicting results due to, among other factors, considerable variation in subject characteristics. Currently, the effects of age, sex, time of implementation, and prior disease severity on the outcomes of a supervised rehabilitation program after COVID-19 remain unknown.\nThis was a non-randomized case-control study. Subjects with post-COVID-19 sequelae were enrolled. Among study participants, those who could attend an 8-week, supervised rehabilitation program composed the intervention group, whereas those who couldn't the control group. Measurements were collected at baseline and 8 weeks thereafter.\nStudy groups (\nIn this non-randomized, case-control study, post-COVID-19 rehabilitation was associated with improvements in physical function, activity, HRQOL, respiratory symptoms, fatigue, and cognitive impairment. These associations were observed independently of timing of rehabilitation, age, sex, prior hospitalization, and ICU admission.",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": "1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Services, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece. silverakos@gmail.com.",
            "firstname": "Andreas",
            "initials": "A",
            "lastname": "Asimakos"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Services, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece; and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.",
            "firstname": "Stavroula",
            "initials": "S",
            "lastname": "Spetsioti"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Services, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece; and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.",
            "firstname": "Spyros",
            "initials": "S",
            "lastname": "Mentzelopoulos"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.",
            "firstname": "Ioannis",
            "initials": "I",
            "lastname": "Vogiatzis"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Services, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece; and GP Livanos and M Simou Laboratories, Athens, Greece.",
            "firstname": "Alice G",
            "initials": "AG",
            "lastname": "Vassiliou"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "2nd Cardiology Department, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece.",
            "firstname": "Pantelis",
            "initials": "P",
            "lastname": "Gounopoulos"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Services, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece; and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.",
            "firstname": "Archontoula",
            "initials": "A",
            "lastname": "Antonoglou"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Services, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece; and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.",
            "firstname": "Dimitrios",
            "initials": "D",
            "lastname": "Spaggoulakis"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.",
            "firstname": "Sofia",
            "initials": "S",
            "lastname": "Pappa"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Services, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece; and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.",
            "firstname": "Spyros",
            "initials": "S",
            "lastname": "Zakynthinos"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Services, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece; and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.",
            "firstname": "Ioanna",
            "initials": "I",
            "lastname": "Dimopoulou"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Services, Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece; and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.",
            "firstname": "Paraskevi",
            "initials": "P",
            "lastname": "Katsaounou"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": null,
    "copyrights": "Copyright \u00a9 2024 by Daedalus Enterprises.",
    "doi": "10.4187/respcare.11863",
    "journal": "Respiratory care",
    "keywords": [
        "6-min walk test (6MWT)",
        "fatigue",
        "health-related quality of life (HRQOL)",
        "mental health",
        "physical function",
        "post\u2013COVID-19 syndrome",
        "pulmonary rehabilitation",
        "respiratory symptoms"
    ],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "2024-07-24",
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    "results": "Study groups (",
    "title": "Rehabilitation Is Associated With Improvements in Post-COVID-19 Sequelae.",
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}