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Intrahospital supervised exercise training improves survival rate among hypertensive COVID-19 patients

Fernandez et al., Journal of Applied Physiology, doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00544.2022
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Mortality 47% Improvement Relative Risk Exercise  Fernandez et al.  LATE TREATMENT Is late treatment with exercise beneficial for COVID-19? Retrospective 439 patients in Chile Lower mortality with exercise (p=0.018) c19early.org Fernandez et al., J. Applied Physiology, Feb 2023 Favorsexercise Favorsinactivity 0 0.5 1 1.5 2+
Exercise for COVID-19
9th treatment shown to reduce risk in October 2020
 
*, now with p < 0.00000000001 from 67 studies.
No treatment is 100% effective. Protocols combine treatments. * >10% efficacy, ≥3 studies.
4,800+ studies for 95 treatments. c19early.org
Retrospective 439 severe COVID-19 hospitalized patients with hypertension, 201 receiving a supervised exercise program, showing significantly lower mortality with exercise. Exercise included of aerobic, breathing, and musculoskeletal exercises, 3 to 4 times per week. There were significantly more control patients on beta-adrenergic blockers and thiazide diuretics.
There are many possible mechanisms of action, including improved circulation, stress reduction, hormone regulation, improved sleep, increased antioxidant levels, and increased nitric oxide levels in the respiratory system. Over-exercising may be detrimental and lead to impaired immune function.
risk of death, 47.5% lower, RR 0.53, p = 0.02, high activity levels 16 of 201 (8.0%), low activity levels 62 of 238 (26.1%), NNT 5.5, adjusted per study, odds ratio converted to relative risk, multivariable.
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Fernandez et al., 2 Feb 2023, retrospective, Chile, peer-reviewed, 10 authors. Contact: dcandrade@uc.cl, david.andrade@uantof.cl.
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INTRAHOSPITAL SUPERVISED EXERCISE TRAINING IMPROVES SURVIVAL RATE AMONG HYPERTENSIVE COVID-19 PATIENTS
Francisco Fernandez, Manuel Vazquez-Muñoz, Andrea Canals, Alexis Arce-Álvarez, Camila Salazar-Ardiles, Cristian Alvarez, Rodrigo Ramirez- Campillo, Gregoire P Millet, Mikel Izquierdo, Ph.D David C Andrade, Andres Bello, Santiago
New & Noteworthy In the present study, we found that exercise training improves the survival rate in hypertensive COVID-19 patients during their hospitalization period. Our results provide strong evidence for the therapeutic efficacy of exercise training as a feasible approach to improving the outcomes of COVID-19 patients who suffer from hypertension during their hospitalization.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST None. AUTHOR CONTRIBUTION F.F., and M.V-M., contributed to the draft and preparation of the manuscript. F.F., M.V-M., and A.C., contributed to the analysis of the data. A.A.A., C.S-A., C.A., R-R-C., G.P-M., and M.I., contributed to the preparation of the manuscript. D.C.A. contributed to the concept of the project. D.C.A. contributed to the preparation of the manuscript. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.
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