The Contribution of Diet Therapy and Probiotics in the Treatment of Sarcopenia Induced by Prolonged Immobilization Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Nutrients
; 14(21)2022 Nov 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2099683
ABSTRACT
The prolonged immobilization associated with COVID-19 infection and the restrictions imposed by the pandemic have determined major changes in physical activity and eating habits, with a negative impact on physical performance. This study monitored non-pharmacological interventions (diet therapy and probiotics) in managing sarcopenia for patients with recent SARS-CoV-2 history (14 days). A prospective study was performed on 200 patients (between December 2020-December 2021), with SPPB score < 9, randomly divided into Group K-DP (93 patients) with dietary therapy (protein 1.2-1.5 g/kg) and probiotics for two months; and Group K-non-DP (107 patients) without diet therapy and probiotics. All patients were included in a specific physical training program (40 min), three sessions per week. Skeletal muscle index (SMI), serum albumin, and hemoglobin were determined. The SMI was initially low for both groups without significant statistical differences (6.5 ± 0.52 kg/m2 for Group K-non-DP vs. 6.7 ± 0.57 Kg/m2 for Group K-DP, p = 0.135). After two months, significant difference between initial and final SMI values was determined for Group K-DP (6.92 ± 0.50 kg/m2 vs. 6.77 ± 0.56 kg/m2, p = 0.048). In Group K-DP, at end of study, were more patients with normal SMI (n = 32 â N = 70) values (p < 0.001) and fewer sarcopenia patients (p < 0.001). The initial serum albumin means values in the two groups (Group K-non-DP, 4.17 ± 1.04 g/dL, and Group K-DP, 3.95 ± 0.98 g/dL) were not statistically significantly different (p = 0.122). The hemoglobin level improved significantly following a hyper protein diet enriched with pro-biotics (p = 0.003). Diet therapy, consisting of increased protein intake and specific probiotics and specific physical therapy, demonstrated superiority in improving the functional status of patients with recent COVID-19 infection.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Probiotics
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Sarcopenia
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Nu14214701
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