Physical and psychological reconditioning in long COVID syndrome: Results of an out-of-hospital exercise and psychological - based rehabilitation program.

Background: Long Covid Syndrome (LCS) is used to describe signs and symptoms that continue or develop after acute COVID-19 infection. Natural history and treatment of this syndrome are still poorly understood, even if evidences suggest the potential role of physical rehabilitation in improving symptoms in these patients.

Aim Of The Study: The aim of the present study was to evaluate effectiveness, safety and feasibility of an out-of-hospital multidisciplinary rehabilitation (MDR) program, based both on physical and psychological reconditioning, in reducing symptoms and improving physical fitness and psychological parameters in patients with LCS.

Comprehensive therapeutic program for cardiovascular patients: role of a sports medicine unit in collaboration with local gymnasiums.

Although there is mounting evidence stressing the therapeutic role of physical activity, the reality of the situation is very different with only a small minority of patients directed toward a comprehensive rehabilitation program after hospital discharge, and some categories of patients who could benefit from such programs are often excluded from them. Therefore, within our Sports Medicine Service, we have created a unit for the prescription of physical exercise initially directed at patients suffering from chronic heart failure, patients who have undergone coronary angioplasty for at least two-vessel disease or have diabetes or have suffered restenosis or have an overall stent length of at least 6 cm or all, patients suffering from obliterating artery disease of the legs and claudication and patients who have undergone heart transplantation. After the initial clinical evaluation and functional assessment, which comprises a Mader Test and strength tests, patients undergo a supervised combined aerobic and resistance training with training titration based on a metabolic parameter.