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Reduced maximal aerobic capacity after COVID-19 in young adult recruits, Switzerland, May 2020
In March 2020, we observed an outbreak of COVID-19 among a relatively homogenous group of 199 young (median age 21 years; 87% men) Swiss recruits. By comparing physical endurance before and in median 45 days after the outbreak, we found a significant decrease in predicted maximal aerobic capacity in COVID-19 convalescent but not in asymptomatically infected and SARS-CoV-2 naive recruits. This finding might be indicative of lung injury after apparently mild COVID-19 in young adults.
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| Notations: | biological and medical sciences |
| Tagging: | Coronavirus |
| Published in: | Eurosurveillance |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.36.2001542 |
| Volume: | 25 |
| Issue: | 36 |
| Pages: | 2001542 |
| Document types: | article |
| Level: | advanced |