Investigations

The following established screenings will be performed on all participants at 1st and 2nd screening: (duration approx. 2.5 hours)

Sports medical screening: 

  • Medical history and physical check-up
  • Body composition analysis (body fat status, height, weight)
  • ECG, blood pressure measurement and oxygen saturation at rest 
  • Blood analysis
  • Echocardiography
  • Lung function test 

Screening of exercise capacity:

  • Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (CPET)
  • Handgrip-Strength measurement

Questionnaire examinations:

  • Questionnaire for analysis of quality of life 
  • Questionnaire on anxiety and depression 

No previous athletic experience is necessary for the examination! 

No testing of drugs or new therapy procedures is intended, therefore this study does not underlie the pharmaceutical law or the medical device law. 

Methods

All subjects will participate in two examinations 3 months apart.

Inclusion criteria:

  • Evidence of past Covid-19 disease 
  • Age: ≥ 18 years 

As this study is a health care study, there will be no age restriction. This is for the following reasons: 

  • The Post/Long Covid-19 syndrome is distributed across all age groups. 
  • The relevance of the limitations caused by the Post/Long Covid-19 syndrome is distributed over all age groups
  • So far, a specific age group is not indicated as decisive for a Post/Long Covid syndrome risk

However, as age-specific recommendations will be concluded based on the ascertaining data, the design will include age clustering. 

 

Exclusion Criteria: 

  • Current internal medical and/or orthopaedic disease 
  • Current Covid-19 infection