 According to the study, physical activity feels much more difficult for people with Long Covid, with researchers finding how it can take away up to a decade's worth of exercise ability compared who those not suffering with the condition. Although not the case for every Long Covid sufferer, the impact is evident. '[This] roughly translates to the expected decrease in exercise capacity by ageing one decade,' lead study author Dr Matthew Durstenfeld, a cardiologist and clinical researcher in the department of medicine at the University of California, told Health. He added: 'This could look like going from the ability to do light jogging, to only being able to do a brisk walk. 'As this is an average, some people experience no decrease in exercise capacity at all and others experience a really profound decrease in what activities they can do.' This reduced exercise capacity, according to Dr Durstenfeld, equates to patients exercising at the level they would if they were 10 years older. Exercise may worsen Long Covid Alternatively, exercise may make Long Covid symptoms worse. This was found in){kind=link}
Long Covid continues to baffle health experts, with advice around exercise often conflicting. New research has found how living with the condition affects patients’ physical activity
Covid and its effects continue to plague many, and in a new research paper, scientists have hypothesised how it may affect a person’s exercise.
Its already well established the harrowing toll having Long Covid has on some, with the condition said to affect roughly two million people in the UK.
Brain fog, fatigue and a person’s capacity for exercise and physical activity are well noted in many other studies – so much so a new study has delved into this further.
Published in JAMA Network Open, researchers looked at 38 studies to further explore how Long Covid affects exercise.