Table 2.

Return to sports after persistent COVID.

Degree of Symptoms	Level of Exercise
Recovery from mild symptoms	1 wk of flexibility/mobility before beginning graduated return to exercise
Persistent mild symptoms	Start with low intensity exercise such as walking, allow symptoms to guide  duration, avoid high intensity exercise Once able to complete 20 min of walking without increase of symptoms may  progress activity.
Persistent symptoms	Limit activity to mild to moderate (60% of max) until 2 to 3 wk after symptoms resolve then may progress activity
Patients with severe symptoms that required oxygen or cardiac evaluation	Need respiratory and/or cardiac clearance before beginning stage 1 exercise

Modified from the Stanford-Hall Consensus statement for post-COVID rehabilitation.

Barker-Davies RM, O'Sullivan O, Senaratne KPP, et al. The Stanford Hall Consensus Statement for Post-COVID Rehabilitation. Br J Sports Med. 2020;54 (16). doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102596.