Centorbi Marco, Di Martino Giulia, Della Valle Carlo, Iuliano Enzo, Di Claudio Gloria, Mascioli Amelia, Calcagno Giuseppe, di Cagno Alessandra, Buonsenso Andrea, Fiorilli Giovanni
Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.
Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.
J Funct Morphol Kinesiol. 2024 Jul 4;9(3):119. doi: 10.3390/jfmk9030119.
Three years after the SARS-CoV-19 pandemic, a chronic post-COVID syndrome "LONG COVID" persists, causing fatigue and shortness of breath, along with distress, anxiety, and depression.
To assess the impact of physical activity on the management and rehabilitation of LONG COVID, as well as to investigate the persistence of LONG COVID symptomatology in individuals over 40 years, beyond the pandemic.
A total of 1004 participants (aged 53.45 ± 11.35) were recruited through an online snowball sampling strategy to complete a web-based survey. The following questionnaires were administered: Physical Activity Scale for Elderly (PASE), Shortness of Breath Questionnaire (SOBQ), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 item (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7), and Fatigue Scale for Motor and Cognitive Functions (FSMC).
Significant gender differences were discovered, with women reporting higher symptoms than men ( < 0.001). Significant age differences were also found, with participants under 55 showing higher values than those over 55 ( < 0.001). No significant differences were found between aerobic and mixed physical activity ( > 0.05) while significant results emerged between physical activity groups and the no activity group ( < 0.001). The low-frequency group reported higher symptoms than the high-frequency group (all < 0.001).
Regardless of the type of physical activity performed, our survey identified the frequency of training as a crucial factor to overcome LONG COVID symptoms; the challenge lies in overcoming the difficulties due to the persistent feelings of inefficiency and fatigue typical of those who have contracted the infection.
在SARS-CoV-19大流行三年后，一种慢性新冠后遗症“长新冠”仍然存在，导致疲劳、呼吸急促，以及痛苦、焦虑和抑郁。
评估体育活动对长新冠管理和康复的影响，并调查40岁以上人群在大流行之后长新冠症状的持续情况。
通过在线滚雪球抽样策略招募了总共1004名参与者（年龄53.45±11.35岁），以完成一项基于网络的调查。使用了以下问卷：老年人体育活动量表（PASE）、呼吸急促问卷（SOBQ）、患者健康问卷9项版（PHQ-9）、广泛性焦虑障碍7项版（GAD-7）以及运动和认知功能疲劳量表（FSMC）。
发现了显著的性别差异，女性报告的症状比男性更严重（<0.001）。还发现了显著的年龄差异，55岁以下的参与者得分高于55岁以上的参与者（<0.001）。有氧运动和混合体育活动之间未发现显著差异（>0.05），而体育活动组和无活动组之间出现了显著结果（<0.001）。低频组报告的症状比高频组更严重（均<0.001）。
无论进行何种类型的体育活动，我们的调查都确定训练频率是克服长新冠症状的关键因素；挑战在于克服感染后典型的持续低效感和疲劳所带来的困难。
