Intermittent Hypoxic–Hyperoxic Training During Inpatient Rehabilitation Improves Exercise Capacity and Functional Outcome in Patients With Long Covid: Results of a Controlled Clinical Pilot Trial
Respiratory treatment with IHHT in addition to a multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme improves functional capacity, symptomatic status and quality of life in patients with disabling long COVID. IHHT has been demonstrated to be safe, well tolerated and feasible to be integrated in an inpatient rehabilitation programme to improve outcome in long COVID.
Authors
- Andrea Fischer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7094-1947)
- Jochen Springer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1225-0117)
- Wolfram Doehner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7598-708X)
- Per Otto Schueller
- Bin Ahmad Hatib Muhammad Alimi
- Jasmin Muhar
- Christoph Altmann
Institutions
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DE)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle
- Published
- 2024-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.13628
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.69
Funders
- Amgen
- Pfizer
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- Amarin Corporation
- Deutsche Rentenversicherung
- Vifor Pharma