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The current study aims to compare the presence of sarcopenia and osteoporosis in patients with a recent (one month) history of SARS-CoV-2 infection versus the general population. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in which 157 patients were enrolled, divided into two groups, comparable in structure. The COVID-19 group (group C) consisted of 86 patients who were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 respiratory infection within the last 30 days. The non-COVID-19 group (group NC) consists of 71 patients who had no clinical signs of respiratory infection and were not quarantined\/hospitalized in the last 3 months. Muscle strength, incidence of sarcopenia (using SARC-F score) and osteoporosis (DEXA determination) and physical performance (SPPB score) in the two groups were assessed and compared. Results: No statistically significant differences were found between the SPPB scores of the C group versus the NC group. Statistically significant differences were found in the evaluation of three parameters included in the SARC-F score. Patients in the C group had difficulties in standing up from a chair (p = 0.009) and climbing stairs (p = 0.030) due to lower muscle strength (p = 0.002) compared with patients in the NC group. No correlation of the SARC F and SPPB scores with the T score values obtained by osteo-densitometry was found. 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