Mustonen, Timo
Kanerva, Mari
Luukkonen, Ritva
Lantto, Hanna
Uusitalo, Arja
Piirilä, Päivi
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Helsinki
Article History
Received: 12 February 2024
Accepted: 29 July 2024
First Online: 8 August 2024
Declarations
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: The present study is a retrospective register study, performed without individual consents. The permission for this study was granted by Medical Diagnostic Center of the Helsinki and Uusimaa Health Care District (HUS) (HUS/124/2023, § 15/2023) based on Finnish law, Act on the Secondary Use of Health and Social Data (Laki sosiaali- ja terveystietojen toissijaisesta… 552/2019 - Säädökset alkuperäisinä - FINLEX <sup>®</sup>). Based on Finnish law ethics approval and informed consent are not required for such studies. The applicability of this law in the present study has been approved by Dr. Taneli Raivio, the research director of HUS group, as well as by Dr. Markus Perola, the chairman of the Regional Medical Research Ethics Committee of HUS Group.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This is a retrospective register study on exercise capacity and symptoms in Long Covid based on cardiopulmonary exercise testing consecutively performed between 1.6.2021–31.12.2022.