Comparison of Cardiopulmonary Fitness Level With Normal Values After COVID-19 and Investigation of Factors Affecting Physical Capacity
COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) is a new infectious disease caused by a virus named as SARS-CoV2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2). Although it can have a devastating effect on many organs, the respiratory tract is particularly affected. In the course of the disease, a wide clinical spectrum is observed, from flu-like illness to lung failure. Some of the patients who survived the disease continue to have problems such as shortness of breath, fatigue, decrease in walking distance, decrease in participation in daily life activities. These problems suggest that the effects on respiratory and cardiac functions continue even after the disease ends. This study was designed to demonstrate the effects and extent of COVID-19 on cardiopulmonary capacity.
• Diagnosis of SARS-Cov2 with a positive result of reverse polymerase-transcriptase chain reaction test
• It must have been at least 30 days after symptoms of COVID-19 improved.