UCSF Researchers: Long COVID Symptoms May Be Derailing Your Exercise Routine

CBS San Francisco

October 13, 2022

You've heard about brain fog, fatigue and headache as symptoms of long COVID. Now, a new UCSF study reveals the condition can also be derailing your exercise routine.

According to a study released Wednesday, Long COVID may age a person's capacity for exercise by roughly 10 years.

The study, published in JAMA Network by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, analyzed data from more than 2,000 participants across 38 previous studies that tracked exercise performance in people who had been infected with the virus at least three months prior.

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