Lower Fitness Before Infection Raises Risk of Long COVID, Study Finds

Lower fitness before infection raises risk of long COVID, study finds

Adults who later developed long COVID had lower cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) before infection than those who did not. COVID-19 was not linked to accelerated or clinically significant declines in CRF, even among long COVID cases.

Lower fitness levels before infection linked to long COVID

Self‐reported physical activity was lower among those with long COVID.