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Long-term Effects of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Function

Dill, Brooke
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1655379575600307

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2022, Bachelor of Science, Wittenberg University, Exercise Science.
While majority of the evidence shows acute and longitudinal cardiovascular anomalies exist in a patient population following COVID-19 infection, little is known about subsequent cardiovascular effects in a student-athlete population. With known potential effects to student-athletes pulmonary function, it is reasonable to assume long-term cardiovascular complications exist as well. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine if longitudinal cardiovascular effects of COVID-19 exist in student-athletes. Twenty-four college-aged student-athletes were split into two groups for comparison based on self-reported COVID status. Twelve subjects reported to have tested positive for COVID-19 10-14 months prior (COV+), while the other twelve participants reported to have never tested positive for COVID-19 (CON). Both groups were sport-matched to ensure that cardiorespiratory fitness was comparable. Direct comparison of both groups was analyzed for VO2, heart rate, and blood pressure via student t-tests with significance set a priori at p<0.05. Age, resting heart rate, resting mean arterial pressure, VO2peak were not different between groups. Additionally, heart rate and mean arterial pressure during exercise corresponding to 85% HRR was not different between groups. Heart rate recovery and mean arterial pressure recovery after exercise was different between groups, with a longer recovery period for the COV+ group compared to the CON group. The mean arterial pressure recovery time is prolonged before returning to resting levels in the representative subject from the COV+ group. Additionally, heart rate was slowed in returning to resting levels in the COV+ group. Interestingly, no differences existed between groups regarding heart rate and mean arterial pressure during exercise.
John Thistlethwaite (Advisor)
Cathy Pederson (Committee Member)
Hung-Sheng Hsu (Committee Member)
13 p.
Health Care; Health Sciences; Sports Medicine
COVID-19; coronavirus infections; SARS-CoV-2; exercise tests; athletes; student-athletes; resting heart rate; resting mean arterial pressure; exercise physiology; heart rate monitoring; cardiovascular system; aerobic exercises; aerobic capacity; COVID-19 complications

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  • Dill, B. (2022). Long-term Effects of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Function [Undergraduate thesis, Wittenberg University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1655379575600307

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dill, Brooke. Long-term Effects of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Function. 2022. Wittenberg University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1655379575600307.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dill, Brooke. "Long-term Effects of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Function." Undergraduate thesis, Wittenberg University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1655379575600307

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