Written by IPP Kenneth Au Yeung, Rotary Club of City Northwest Hong Kong
The Rotary Club of City Northwest Hong Kong sponsored a community service project called “Community-based Physical and Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Program to the Elderly Recovered from COVID-19”. It was also co-organized by Caritas Institute of Higher Education and Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council. The project aims to provide assessment and physical fitness training to the elderly who recovered from COVID-19. We found that different outcome measures including upper limb strength, lower limb strength, cardiovascular function and walking speed also improved after 2 months of physical training. The study was featured in “The 26th Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR) 2022” in Seoul and recently published in “Journal of Respiratory Disease & Treatment”. The service project contributes and makes impact to the understanding of COVID-19 rehabilitation.
由港城西北扶輪社贊助，與明愛專上學院健康科學院及聖公會福利協會合辦之「長者疫後陽光」計劃，為感染新冠肺炎的康復長者，評估身體狀況，為他們提供身體和心肺復康訓練，結果發現在2個月的訓練後，他們多項身體指標如上下肢肌肉、肺功能和步行速度等均有進步，改善「長新冠」症狀。研究結果於韓國首爾舉行的「第二十六屆亞太區胸肺學會大會2022」發表，並且近期刊載於「胸肺疾病與治療醫學期刊」，為全球應對新冠肺炎復康研究出一分力。
