Klophaus Nils, Wehmeier Udo F, Forstner Julia, Jansen Armin, Probst Herbert, Grüter Stephan, Hilberg Thomas
Department of Sports Medicine, University of Wuppertal, Moritzstr. 14, 42117 Wuppertal, Germany.
Cardiowell, Arrenberger Str. 20, 42117 Wuppertal, Germany.
J Clin Med. 2024 Feb 14;13(4):1086. doi: 10.3390/jcm13041086.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing a medical face mask became mandatory in daily life and also in cardiological rehabilitation. In order to investigate whether the performance and outcomes of cardiological rehabilitation were affected by face masks, we compared data from patients who underwent rehabilitation with face masks with data from patients without face masks. In total, 114 patients from an ambulant rehabilitation center were included. Of them, 60 patients completed rehabilitation without a face mask (NFM). In contrast, 54 patients (with a face mask, WFM) completed their rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic and had to wear medical face masks for the entire day and also during ergometer training or other interventions. Subgroups were formed with patients who accepted to extend rehabilitation for one week (4 WG); the other patients only completed 3-week rehabilitation (3 WG). We analyzed the performance and outcomes of all groups (NFM; WFM, 3 WG and 4 WG). At baseline, no group differences were detected. All groups significantly improved their power output and heart rate recovery, without any group differences. We conclude that face masks and also an additional rehabilitation week do not affect the exercise performance or outcomes of out-house cardiological rehabilitation.
在新冠疫情期间，佩戴医用口罩在日常生活以及心脏康复中都成为了一项强制要求。为了研究心脏康复的表现和结果是否受到口罩的影响，我们将佩戴口罩进行康复治疗的患者数据与未佩戴口罩的患者数据进行了比较。总共纳入了来自一个门诊康复中心的114名患者。其中，60名患者未佩戴口罩完成了康复治疗（NFM）。相比之下，54名患者（佩戴口罩，WFM）在新冠疫情期间完成了康复治疗，并且在一整天以及测力计训练或其他干预过程中都必须佩戴医用口罩。接受将康复期延长一周的患者组成了亚组（4周组）；其他患者仅完成了3周的康复治疗（3周组）。我们分析了所有组（NFM；WFM，3周组和4周组）的表现和结果。在基线时，未检测到组间差异。所有组的功率输出和心率恢复均有显著改善，且不存在组间差异。我们得出结论，口罩以及额外增加的一周康复时间不会影响院外心脏康复的运动表现或结果。
