Ultrasound imaging assessment of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles in people with a recent history of moderate Covid-19 infection and healthy participants: A cross-sectional pilot study

Carlos Romero-Morales; Deborah Falla; Daniel Pecos-Martín; Guillermo García-Pérez-de-Sevilla; Paula García-Bermejo; Emmanuel Navarro-Flores; Daniel López-López

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0281098

Ultrasound imaging assessment of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles in people with a recent history of moderate Covid-19 infection and healthy participants: A cross-sectional pilot study

Carlos Romero-Morales^*, Deborah Falla, Daniel Pecos-Martín, Guillermo García-Pérez-de-Sevilla, Paula García-Bermejo, Emmanuel Navarro-Flores, Daniel López-López

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Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is a highly infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and is associated with a decrease of respiratory, physical, and psychological function, subsequently affecting quality of life. The aim of the present pilot study was to use ultrasound imaging (USI) to evaluate and compare the thickness of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles between individuals recently diagnosed with moderate Covid-19 infection and healthy individuals.

METHODS: A cross-sectional observational pilot study was performed. A total sample of 24 participants were recruited from a private medical center (Madrid, Spain): Covid-19 (n = 12) and healthy controls (n = 12). The external oblique (EO), internal oblique (IO), transversus abdominis (TrA), rectus abdominis (RA), interrecti distance (IRD) and diaphragm thickness were assessed using USI during inspiration, expiration and during contraction.

RESULTS: USI measurements of the thickness of EO, IO, TrA, RA, IRD and the diaphragm did not differ significantly between groups during inspiration, expiration or during contraction (all P > 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: These preliminary results suggest that the morphology of the abdominal muscles and diaphragm is not altered in people with a recent history of moderate Covid-19 infection.

Original language	English
Article number	e0281098
Number of pages	10
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281098
Publication status	Published - 10 Feb 2023

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Copyright: © 2023 Romero-Morales et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Humans
Diaphragm/diagnostic imaging
Pilot Projects
Cross-Sectional Studies
Healthy Volunteers
Quality of Life
COVID-19/diagnostic imaging
SARS-CoV-2
Abdominal Muscles/diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography/methods
Research and analysis methods
Medicine and health sciences
Biology and life sciences
Research Article

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Romero-Morales, C., Falla, D., Pecos-Martín, D., García-Pérez-de-Sevilla, G., García-Bermejo, P., Navarro-Flores, E., & López-López, D. (2023). Ultrasound imaging assessment of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles in people with a recent history of moderate Covid-19 infection and healthy participants: A cross-sectional pilot study. PLoS ONE, 18(2), Article e0281098. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281098

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Ultrasound imaging assessment of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles in people with a recent history of moderate Covid-19 infection and healthy participants: A cross-sectional pilot study. / Romero-Morales, Carlos; Falla, Deborah; Pecos-Martín, Daniel et al.
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Romero-Morales C, Falla D, Pecos-Martín D, García-Pérez-de-Sevilla G, García-Bermejo P, Navarro-Flores E et al. Ultrasound imaging assessment of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles in people with a recent history of moderate Covid-19 infection and healthy participants: A cross-sectional pilot study. PLoS ONE. 2023 Feb 10;18(2):e0281098. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281098

Ultrasound imaging assessment of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles in people with a recent history of moderate Covid-19 infection and healthy participants: A cross-sectional pilot study

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