Efficacy of Two Therapeutic Exercise Modalities for Patients With Persistent COVID

NCT06142240 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2023-11-21

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Summary

Symptoms of long-standing sequelae and complications of COVID-19, termed Long COVID19 or persistent COVID, have been reported worldwide. However, the etiology underlying the prolonged or fluctuating symptomatology is limited and there is no uniform and widely accepted definition.Patients describe persistent COVID as a fluctuating disease with variable and persistent symptoms.Most of the effects correspond to clinical symptoms such as fatigue, headache, arthralgias, hyposmia, gustatory sensations, etc. Fatigue is the most common and prolonged symptom of persistent COVID. Knowledge of the pathophysiological mechanisms of fatigue in COVID-19 disease, as well as the therapeutic approach, remains limited due to the relatively recent onset of this pathology. In particular, muscle strength training has been shown to improve muscle function and fatigue, not only during treatment, but also at long-term follow-up.

Conditions

  • Persistent COVID-19

Interventions

OTHER

exercise programe

The components of the exercise programe will be: muscle strength training and continuous-variable aerobic training or HIIT with loads between 70-90% of maximum heart rate. The aerobic training will last about 30 minutes and will then be completed with muscle training of the upper and lower limbs with loads determined according to the perception of effort (loads around 50-70%). The sessions will be monitored with pulse oximetry (heart rate and oxygen saturation), perception of fatigue and sensation of suffocation (Borg scale). The intensity of each component of the programme will be individualised according to the conditions of each subject. Adherence to the programme will be recorded as successful when participation in the sessions is greater than 80% of the total number of sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Facultat de ciencies de la Salut Universitat Ramon Llull

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-06-01
Primary Completion
2025-04-01
Completion
2025-09-01

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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