Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Cardiopulmonary and Geriatrics Disorder

This study was conducted to compare two types of exercise training with respect to the HRQoL in post-COVID-19 patients in an attempt to explore which exercise type that can yield better benefits in the HRQoL outcome. Sixty young adults volunteer patients of both sex (26 men & 34 women) with Past history of COVID-19 after recovery since 2 to 4 months, their age ranged from 18 to 35 years, their body mass index (BMI) ranged from 18.5 to 35 Kg/m2, referred and they were selected from the Outpatient clinic and the Emergency department of Al-Mataria Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.They were subdivided into two groups equal in numbers; group A received an aerobic exercise (AE) program in form of cycle ergometer protocols for six weeks and group B received upper and lower body resistance training (RT) using free weights for six weeks. Evaluations of all patients in both groups (A&B) were done before starting and after the end of the study (6 weeks), through measuring their resting heart rate (RHR), peak heart rate (PHR), one-repetition maximum (1-RM) of selected muscle groups, dyspnea score (Modified Borg Scale), blood levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), Creatine phosphokinase (CPK), and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and anthropometric measurements (weight and BMI), and quality of life (QOL) assessment using the SF-12 Health Survey Questionnaire. The results revealed that a statistical significant decrease (P<0.05) in weight, BMI, RHR, PHR, Borg scale and CRP with a statistical significant increase (P<0.05) in 1-RM for (shoulder flexors and extensors) and (hip flexors and abductors), CPK and SF-12 Health Survey Questionnaire (physical and mental) within each group, on the other side, there was a statistically non-significant difference (P>0.05) in NLR within both groups. Comparison between groups (A) and (B) before starting the study revealed that there wasn{u2019}t a statistically significant change between them at all measured parameters

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