Short-Term Effects of a Conditioning Telerehabilitation Program in Confined Patients Affected by COVID-19 in the Acute Phase. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Background and objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has become a challenge for health systems and, specifically, to physical therapists obligated to adapt their job and stop face-to-face consultations. In this situation, therapeutic exercise has been implemented in different COVID-19 patients. This stu...

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Published in:Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Lithuania), 2021-07, Vol.57 (7), p.684
Main Authors: Rodriguez-Blanco, Cleofas, Gonzalez-Gerez, Juan Jose, Bernal-Utrera, Carlos, Anarte-Lazo, Ernesto, Perez-Ale, Manuel, Saavedra-Hernandez, Manuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antigens
Clinical trials
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease transmission
Exercise
exercise therapy
Intervention
Medical research
Patients
Physical fitness
Physical therapy
Physiology
Polymerase chain reaction
Rehabilitation
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Social networks
Statistical analysis
Telemedicine
telerehabilitation
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Summary:Background and objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has become a challenge for health systems and, specifically, to physical therapists obligated to adapt their job and stop face-to-face consultations. In this situation, therapeutic exercise has been implemented in different COVID-19 patients. This study evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of a novel therapeutic exercise program through telerehabilitation tools in COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate symptomatology in the acute stage. Materials and Methods: A total of 40 subjects were randomized an experimental group, based on muscle conditioning, and in a control group, who did not perform physical activity. Thirty-six subjects, 18 in each group, completed the one-week intervention. We measured the six-minute walking test, multidimensional dyspnoea-12, thirty seconds sit-to-stand test, and Borg Scale. Results: Both groups were comparable at baseline. Statistically significant improvement between groups (p < 0.05) in favor of the experimental group was obtained. No differences between gender were found (p > 0.05). Ninety percent adherence was found in our program. Conclusion: A one-week telerehabilitation program based on muscle toning exercise is effective, safe, and feasible in COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate symptomatology in the acute stage.
ISSN:1648-9144
1010-660X
1648-9144
DOI:10.3390/medicina57070684