Regular ergometer training (three to five times a week) is an essential element of endurance training for our Covid-19 patients. It offers a high level of therapeutic effectiveness and safety due to the fact that the intensity of the training can be individually specified.
Training lasts between 10 and 40 minutes depending on the level of fitness. Scientific studies suggest that especially patients with limited exercise capacity (e.g. after long-term ventilation) can benefit from interval training and tolerate this form of exercise better in terms of dyspnoea sensation. In this case, training is performed with short load intervals (30 to 180 sec.) in a load range of e.g. 50 to 100 % of the maximum power measured in the initial test. A load interval is followed by a recovery interval with low load intensity at a ratio of load to recovery between 2:1 and 1:1.