Exercise in an Overweight Patient with Covid-19
A Case Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15464376 |
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| Authors | Amir Hossein Ahmadi Hekmatikar (0009-0001-3331-8272, Tarbiat Modares University), Mahdieh Molanouri Shamsi (0000-0003-4665-5363, Tarbiat Modares University, corresponding author), Zahra Sadat Zabhi Ashkazari (Iran University of Medical Sciences), Katsuhiko Suzuki (0000-0002-6572-5809, Waseda University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 5882-5882 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph18115882 |
| PMID | 34070847 |
| OpenAlex | W3165491869 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a dangerous infectious disease that is easily transmitted and which is called an acute respiratory syndrome. With the spread of the coronavirus around the world and its epidemic among humans, we are losing many humans. The long process of treatment in hospitalized patients who are receiving intensive care and medication is associated with physical weakness. It has been suggested that lifelong exercise can create a safe margin for a person that allows them to avoid becoming infected with the virus. The current study was conducted to assess the effects of low-intensity exercise and breathing exercises on cardiorespiratory responses and physical status in an overweight 20-year-old woman infected with COVID-19. The patient was referred to Hazrat Ali Ibn Abitaleb Hospital in Rafsanjan. The patient had initial symptoms of coronavirus including weakness, shortness of breath, fever, and chills, and the initial tests confirmed that the person was infected with the coronavirus. Although COVID-19 reduces respiration and blood oxygen and severely reduces movement and physical activity, low-intensity rehabilitation and breathing exercises along with medication can improve blood oxygen status, resting heart rate, blood pressure, and hand power status in patients and possibly speeding up the healing process. The results of the present study show that low-intensity exercise and breathing exercises in patients with COVID-19, whose disease severity is mild to moderate, can be performed safely under the supervision of their physicians to prevent the disease process
Anesthesia · Blood pressure · Body mass index · Breathing · Cardiorespiratory fitness · Chills · Intensive care medicine · Overweight · Physical therapy · Weakness · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Exercise and Physiological Responses · Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 · Medicine · Emergency Medicine · Internal Medicine · Rehabilitation · Surgery
| Highly cited | No |
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