Efficacy of Respiratory Rehabilitation After COVID-19 Severe Infection (COVFIS2021)

Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona Dr. Josep Trueta

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Rehabilitation; COVID-19 Respiratory Infection; Physical Therapists

Treatments: Other: Interval training + analytical strength and IMT; Other: Interval training + analytical strength

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05307562

COVFIS2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a training program in patients that have suffered a COVID infection

Full description

Once patients have been selected and meet inclusion criteria, they will sign informed consent. They will make a first visit to obtain the basal parameters. Once done, they will start the individualized training program for 12 weeks 3 times a week.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men and women ≥18 years

• Patients discharged from the Pulmonology Service with a diagnosis of COVID-19 by positive PCR and with severe pneumonia.

• At least three months after the presence of at least one of the following criteria:

  1. MRC dyspnea greater than or equal to 2.

  2. Decrease in the meters walked with respect to the reference values in the 6-minute walking test.

     C) Decreased respiratory muscle strength measured at Maximum Inspiratory Pressure (PIM) and / or Maximum Expiratory Pressure (PEM) with respect to reference values.

• Sign informed consent from the study

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who do not want to be included in the study.
• Pregnant women.
• Impossibility to perform ergometry or ultrasound.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

Training program

Active Comparator group

Description:

Global intervallic exercise using cyclometer and analytical strength exercises

Treatment:

Other: Interval training + analytical strength

Training program + Inspiratory muscle traioning (IMT)

Experimental group

Description:

Global intervallic exercise using cyclometer and analytical strength exercises + inspiratory muscles training

Treatment:

Other: Interval training + analytical strength and IMT