NCT04972864

Effects of Respiratory Muscle Training in Patients With Post COVID-19

Completed NA Last updated 22 July 2021

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Exercise training group in Covid19 in 24 participants. Completed in 18 July 2021.

Timeline

1 March 2021

Primary endpoint
18 July 2021

18 July 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Gazi University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	24
Start date	1 March 2021
Primary completion	18 July 2021
Estimated completion	18 July 2021
Sites	1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

• Exercise training group
• Control training group

Conditions studied

• Covid19 — all drugs for Covid19 →

Sponsor

Gazi University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 65, any sex, with Covid19. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak first appeared in Wuhan, China's Hubei Province in December 2019 and has quickly turned into a worldwide pandemic. As of 28 July 2020, 16,465,707 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. COVID-19 is a highly contagious respiratory disease that causes respiratory, physical and psychological dysfunction in patients.

Severe respiratory symptoms have been observed in COVID-19 patients. Fever (88.7%), cough (57.6%) and shortness of breath (45.6%) were observed in an average of 81% of the patients. However, patients with comorbidities such as hypertension and diabetes, usually over 65 years of age, may have very serious pulmonary sequelae of the infection. Due to lung fibrosis as a result of pneumonia in COVID-19, some patients experience severe respiratory failure requiring pulmonary rehabilitation. In the study of Complaints such as peripheral and respiratory muscle weakness, shortness of breath on exertion, and decreased exercise capacity may be seen in patients who have had COVID-19. In addition, while anxiety and depression increase, quality of life may decrease. In a study conducted with geriatric patients who had COVID-19 and were discharged; Peripheral and respiratory muscle strengthening exercises were given to the patient after discharge, and as a result of the study, it was found that the patient's walking distance and cough strength increased, while the complaints of shortness of breath, anxiety and depression decreased significantly. As a result of this; We can say that while shortness of breath, anxiety-depression and complications are reduced with the pulmonary rehabilitation program in patients with pulmonary involvement who have had COVID-19, participation in daily life activities and quality of life increase.

Telerehabilitation is an emerging method that aims to provide rehabilitation to patients and clinicians by reducing barriers such as distance, time and cost by using information and communication technologies. Telerehabilitation enables patients who cannot access rehabilitation due to geographic, economic or physical disabilities to benefit from rehabilitation services. At the same time, the importance of social distance is emphasized for the continuation of the pandemic process and protection from the highly contagious COVID-19 infection.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.