Efficacy of an Asynchronous Telerehabilitation Programme in Post-COVID-19 Patient

Summary

SARS-CoV-2 is the coronavirus responsible for developing the disease known as COVID-19. Its evolution can range from an asymptomatic course, to rapidly evolve and cause an acute respiratory syndrome. In addition to respiratory symptoms, is also has an impact on the neuromuscular systems. Therefore, the additional inactivity for hospitalization, negatively influences the loss of muscular, cardiovascular and metabolic fitness. In view of this, it is recommended that early post-acute rehabilitation be continued after the hospital phase to increase levels of physical activity, which can also be continued with long-term telerehabilitation.

This project would offer a free service of asynchronous physical telerehabilitation for the patient that is easy to implement and follow up.

For this purpose, patients will be recruited at the time of discharge from the Hospital Provincial Nuestra Señora de Gracia (HPNSG) and the Hospital Royo Villanova (HRV) in Zaragoza and two intervention groups with the same physical therapy and educational programme will be carried out. The experimental group will be carried out by means of home telerehabilitation, while the control group will receive the programme in an explanatory booklet.

The main objective is to analyse the preliminary efficacy on physical fitness of a 12-week physical therapy and therapeutic education programme using asynchronous telerehabilitation in post-COVID-19 patients, and to compare its effects with patients who have undergone the same programme, but in a non-telematic format.

The secondary objective is to analyze the feasibility of a physical home-based asynchronous telerehabilitation programme in post-COVID-19 patients.

Hypothesis: the implementation of a 12-week programme of physical therapy and therapeutic education using asynchronous telerehabilitation software is feasible and preliminarily effective in increasing physical fitness as well as adherence to treatment, and in the improvement of psychosocial factors.

Conditions

• Coronavirus
• Fatigue
• Musculoskeletal Complication

Interventions

OTHER

Asynchronous telerehabilitation programme

Home-based physical rehabilitation programme using a telerehabilitation platform

OTHER

Rehabilitation programme

Home-based physical rehabilitation programme by means of an explanatory booklet

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hospital Real Nuestra Señora de Gracia

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Hospital Royo Villanova

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Universidad San Jorge

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Carolina Jiménez Sánchez, MD · Universidad San Jorge

• Sandra Calvo, Dr · Universidad San Jorge

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

75 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-04-05

Primary Completion

2022-06-13

Completion

2022-12-01

Countries

• Spain

Study Locations