Abstract
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.
Keywords:
SARS-CoV-2; lung injury; physical endurance.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Asymptomatic Infections
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Betacoronavirus
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COVID-19
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Convalescence
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Coronavirus / genetics
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Coronavirus / isolation & purification*
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Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
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Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
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Disease Outbreaks
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Exercise / physiology*
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Female
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Humans
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Lung Injury / etiology*
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Male
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Military Personnel
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Oxygen Consumption*
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Pandemics
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Physical Endurance / immunology
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Physical Endurance / physiology*
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Physical Fitness
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Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
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Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
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Pulmonary Ventilation / physiology*
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Risk Factors
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SARS-CoV-2
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Switzerland / epidemiology
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Young Adult