Stojmenovic Dragutin, Stojmenovic Tamara, Andjelkovic Marija, Trunic Nenad, Dikic Nenad, Kilibarda Natasa, Nikolic Ivan, Nedeljkovic Ivana, Ostojic Marina, Purkovic Milos, Radovanovic Jovana
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Management, University of Singidunum, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Diagnostics (Basel). 2023 Apr 27;13(9):1574. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics13091574.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of different SARS-CoV-2 strains on the functional capacity of athletes.
In total, 220 athletes underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) after coronavirus infection and before returning to sports activities. Eighty-eight athletes were infected by the Wuhan virus, and 66 were infected during the Delta and Omicron strain periods of the pandemic.
The CPET results showed significantly decreased maximal oxygen consumption, ventilatory efficiency, and oxygen pulse in athletes who were infected with Wuhan and Delta strains compared to athletes who suffered from Omicron virus infection. An early transition from aerobic to anaerobic metabolic pathways for energy production was observed in the Wuhan and Delta groups but not in athletes who were infected with the Omicron strain. There were no differences in the obtained results when Wuhan and Delta virus variants were compared.
These results suggest that the Wuhan and Delta virus strains had a significantly greater negative impact on the functional abilities of athletes compared to the Omicron virus variant, especially in terms of aerobic capacity and cardiorespiratory function.
本研究旨在评估不同的严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)毒株对运动员功能能力的影响。
共有220名运动员在感染冠状病毒后且恢复体育活动前接受了心肺运动测试(CPET)。88名运动员感染了武汉毒株,66名运动员在疫情的德尔塔和奥密克戎毒株流行期间感染。
与感染奥密克戎毒株的运动员相比,感染武汉毒株和德尔塔毒株的运动员的CPET结果显示,其最大耗氧量、通气效率和氧脉搏显著降低。在武汉毒株和德尔塔毒株感染组中观察到能量产生从有氧代谢途径向无氧代谢途径的早期转变,而感染奥密克戎毒株的运动员中未观察到这种转变。比较武汉毒株和德尔塔毒株变体时,所得结果没有差异。
这些结果表明,与奥密克戎毒株变体相比,武汉毒株和德尔塔毒株对运动员的功能能力有明显更大的负面影响,尤其是在有氧能力和心肺功能方面。