Postcovid physical rehabilitation at the sanatorium

Abstract

New coronavirus infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 with severe complications was wide spread among the world's population and requires not only the improvement of treatment and prevention measures of the disease, but also the effective physical rehabilitation of post-COVID patients in a sanatorium. Research aim: to evaluate the effective-ness of early complex physical rehabilitation of persons with a post-COVID state in the sanatorium. Research materials and methods. The research project was carried out in «Darasun» sanatorium (Zabaikalsky Region, Russia). 33 people participated, including women 52.8±9.2 years old (n=16), men 51.5±9.0 year sold (n=17), who underwent a three-week course of early complex rehabilitation immediately after discharge from a medical institutions. The milestone testing of the functional indicators of the cardiorespiratory system, physical performance was carried out, anthropometric parameters, the level of quality of life and the degree of exercise tolerance were determined. Research results. At the end of the complex health-improving and rehabilitation measures, a positive change in the activity of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems was found in all project participants. Every week there was a positive increase in the level of exercise tolerance in the 6MWD test. At the end of the third week, the number of all participants’ steps increased by 50%, respiratory rate at rest decreased by 20%, blood oxygen saturation increased, blood pressure stabilized and quality of life improved by 52.5% in men and 34.8% in women, the exercise tolerance on the Borg scale became significantly higher. Conclusions. The use of an early comprehensive post-COVID program according to the proposed sanatorium physical rehabilitation protocol reduces the recovery time for people who have had a COVID infection and it is an effective method for returning patients to society.