The effects of COVID-19 on respiratory muscle performance: making the case for respiratory muscle testing and training

R Severin, CK Franz, E Farr, C Meirelles… - European …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… -19. This article will review the impact of COVID-19 infection on RM performance and
provide clinical recommendations for screening RM performance and treatment …

Respiratory muscle performance screening for infectious disease management following COVID-19: a highly pressurized situation

R Severin, R Arena, CJ Lavie, S Bond… - The American journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
… respiratory muscle performance are … muscle performance regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
We also provide a theoretical model to screen for impaired respiratory muscle performance

Skeletal muscle damage in COVID-19: a call for action

AM Ali, H Kunugi - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
… The exact dynamics underlying muscle wasting in COVID-19 are unclear. However,
researchers suggest that muscle loss in COVID-19 patients is an outcome of a wide range of …

Function over mass: a meta-analysis on the importance of skeletal muscle quality in COVID-19 patients

FCS Pinto, MF Andrade, GH Gatti da Silva… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… rather than mass, skeletal muscle quality is associated with COVID-19 severity. This goes
in … that muscle quality is a more relevant factor for disease prognosis than actual muscle

[HTML][HTML] Measures of physical performance in COVID-19 patients: a mapping review

C Simonelli, M Paneroni, M Vitacca, N Ambrosino - Pulmonology, 2021 - Elsevier
… of COVID-19. To the best of our knowledge, a review of the measures of physical performance
used during the pandemic in COVID-19 … to assess physical performance in these patients. …

COVID-19: the new cause of dyspnoea as a result of reduced lung and peripheral muscle performance

RD Acar, E Sarıbaş, PA Güney, Ç Kafkas… - Journal of Breath …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
… We believe that the muscle performance of the COVID-19 survivors will gradually increase,
but whether the negative effect of fibrosis in the lungs will be experienced over time remains …

Skeletal muscle mass, sarcopenia and rehabilitation outcomes in post-acute COVID-19 patients

M Gobbi, E Bezzoli, F Ismelli, G Trotti… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
… The decline in muscle strength therefore appears not to be limited to limb muscles [28].
Furthermore, according to the Chinese Clinical guideline for the classification of COVID-19

Long-term evolution of malnutrition and loss of muscle strength after COVID-19: a major and neglected component of long COVID-19

M Gérard, M Mahmutovic, A Malgras, N Michot… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
… In conclusion, undernutrition and loss of muscle strength are symptoms of long COVID
and should be considered in the clinical assessment of these patients. Although there are no …

Respiratory muscle strength in volleyball players suffered from COVID-19

Z Çelik, NA Güzel, N Kafa, N Köktürk - Irish Journal of Medical Science …, 2021 - Springer
… functions and respiratory muscle strength in female players with and without COVID-19. …
muscle strength is impaired in volleyball players with COVID-19 compared with non-COVID-19

Severe loss of mechanical efficiency in COVID19 patients

E Pleguezuelos, A Del Carmen… - … and muscle, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… detection of muscle dysfunction … COVID-19 patients may present an important muscle
dysfunction, this study aimed to detect impaired muscle efficiency by evaluating DE in COVID-19