Impact of Moderate Exercise Training on Vitals and Peak VO2 in Different Age Categories of Adult in COVID-19.

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Covid19

Treatments: Other: Moderate Exercise Training (Age Group 1; Young adult 17 -30 years); Other: Moderate Exercise Training (Age Group 3; Above 45 years); Other: Moderate Exercise Training (Age Group 2; 31 to 45 years)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04927182

REC/00877 Nayab Saleem

Details and patient eligibility

About

• To determine the impact of moderate exercise training on vitals (BP, HR) in different age categories of adult in COVID-19.
• To determine the Impact of moderate exercise training on Peak VO2 in different age categories of adult in COVID-19
• To determine muscle discomfort due to physical training.

Full description

As of 30th January 2020, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, later called COVID-19, was declared a Public Health Emergency. Governments' immediate protective measurements aim to slow down the ongoing spread of the COVID-19 disease.

Coronavirus had infected people exponentially. It has a typical symptom of influenza which includes fever, cough, fatigue sore throat and additional symptoms like breathlessness and diarrhea. There was no specific treatment to cure it and no vaccination to prevent it from further progression. The solitary solution for prevent of this virus was isolation and no gathering, which has caused people to sit in their houses and wash hands.

Literature shows that a significant larger reduction in Blood Pressure was observed in participant performing aerobic exercise. A study shows comparison between African and Asian population with hypertension indicates that Asian participant reduced more BP as compared to African .

Enrollment: 102 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 17+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cognitively intact
• Age categories (Young adult 17 -30, Middle age adults 31 to 45, old Age Above 45)
• SBP>120 mm Hg or DBP>80 mm Hg, and who had no physical limitations that precluded exercise participation were recruited from the general population from Pakistan in COVID era.
• No Regular Exercise since MARCH 2020 (start of COVID era) 3 months at least.

Exclusion criteria

• Participant failing to fall in this category would be excluded of the study.
• Uncontrolled hypertension
• Major joint impairment
• Bone fracture in the last 6 months
• Asthmatic patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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102 participants in 3 patient groups

Moderate Exercise Training (Age Group 1; Young adult 17 -30 years)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Moderate Exercise Training (Age Group 1; Young adult 17 -30 years)

Moderate Exercise Training (Age Group 2; 31 to 45 years)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Moderate Exercise Training (Age Group 2; 31 to 45 years)

Moderate Exercise Training (Age Group 3; Above 45 years)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Moderate Exercise Training (Age Group 3; Above 45 years)