Mazzuco, Guillermo A.Torres-Castro, RodrigoIntelangelo, LeonardoVila Ortiz, BelénLista-Paz, Ana2022-01-112022-01-112021-09-20Mazzuco GA, Torres-Castro R, Intelangelo L, Vila Ortiz B, Lista-Paz A. Does COVID-19 affect the exercise capacity of non-hospitalized patients?. Cureus. 2021;13(9):e181352168-8184http://hdl.handle.net/2183/29349[Abstract] Objective. To determine whether non-hospitalized adults post COVID-19 have impaired exercise capacity. Design. Retrospective analysis. Setting. Cardiovascular outpatients unit in Instituto Cardiovascular de Rosario, Argentina. Patients. Eighty non-hospitalized patients post-infection by COVID-19. Interventions. Participants completed an ergometry pre and post COVID-19 infection. Main outcome measures. The study's main variables were the metabolic equivalents of task (METs) and the indirect peak oxygen consumption (VO2 peak). Results. The median of METs was 11.7 (9.4-14.8) and 11.7 (11-11.7) in pre and post ergometry, respectively, (p = 0.022). The median VO2 (mL/Kg/min) was 21857 (16938-32761) and 21699 (17004-26467) in pre and post ergometry, respectively, without significant differences. Conclusions. We found slight differences in maximal physical capacity evaluated through exercise testing in non-hospitalized patients by COVID-19.engCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC-BY 4.0)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Exercise capacityOxygen consumptionFunctional capacityjournal articleopen access