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Telerehabilitation in Patients With COVID-19 After Hospitalization. The ATHLOS Study

NCT04368845 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 82

Last updated 2023-12-28

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Summary

This is a two-phase multicenter study that will be conducted in collaboration with five university hospitals, in order to offer telehealth services at home in patients with COVID-19, after hospital discharge.

At the first phase an observational study aims to investigate the physical and psychological status of patients after hospital discharge and to provide support and information how to cope with symptoms (early fatigue, muscle weakness, eating difficulties, etc).

At the second phase a randomized control trial study will evaluate a 6-month telerehabilitation program for 100 adults (aged 20-65 years) diagnosed with COVID-19, who completed the first phase of this study. At this phase, the study will randomize (1:1 allocation) 100 male and female who were hospitalized with COVID-19 to either a 24-week home-based telerehabilitation program versus usual care. The intervention program includes individualized prescribed endurance exercises, low intensity aerobic exercises, upper and lower extremity strength training, breathing exercises as well as a three times per month online support with 1:1 supervision via video conferencing with an expert physiotherapist.

Conditions

  • COVID-19
  • Comorbidities and Coexisting Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Telerehabilitation

The treatment arm will be given up to 1-hour breathing exercises, aerobic and resistive training exercises administered by a physiotherapist via a telerehabilitation device every 10 days for a six-month period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Athens

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Ioannina

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Thessaly

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • ELENI KORTIANOU, PhD, PT · Clinical Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation Research Laboratory

  • ELENI KAPRELI, PhD, PT · Clinical Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation Research Laboratory

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-04-01
Primary Completion
2020-06-30
Completion
2021-07-31

Countries

  • Greece

Study Locations

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