A Pilot Case-Control Study of Muscle and Bone Health Status in Patients Who Have Recovered From COVID-19 Infection
Lean mass, muscle density, and handgrip strength were lower and body fat was higher in post-COVID-19 recovered females, thus indicating the need to focus on improving the musculoskeletal health of females post-hospitalization due to a serious illness such as COVID-19 infection.
Authors
- Shital Bhor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5182-9623)
- Anuradha Vaman Khadilkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3399-3235)
- Ketan Gondhalekar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0266-8552)
- Piyush Chaudhari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9023-0157)
- Dipali Ladkat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3930-3669)
- Nikhil Shah
Institutions
- Jehangir Hospital (IN)
- SRCC Children’s Hospital (IN)
- Savitribai Phule Pune University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.76283
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00