The Effect of Training Therapy in Rehabilitation of Post-Acute COVID-19 – A six Months Follow-up Pilot Study With the Focus on Gender Differences

The Effect of Training Therapy in Rehabilitation of Post-Acute COVID-19 – A six Months Follow-up Pilot Study With the Focus on Gender Differences - CovGenRehab

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00026936

Enrollment

Registered

2021-10-19

Start date

2021-12-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

U07.1

Interventions

Group 1: Post-acute COVID-19 patients who had a confirmed SARS-Cov-2 infection according to the Austrian ministry of health will be contacted for follow-up measurements six months after they completed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 95 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Female and male participants with a minimum age of 18 years will be included. They took part or will take part in a standardized rehabilitation program of the Rehabilitation Clinic Münster due to a confirmed infection with SARS-CoV-2 according to the definition of the Austrian Federal ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection prior to hospitalization. They will be classified into three degrees of severity according to the severity scales by Huang et al., (2021)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Female and male participants will be excluded from analysis if they terminate their rehabilitation stay earlier than three weeks. Former patients will be excluded from follow-up assessments if they cannot be contacted and/or live in nursing or welfare home, if the follow-up would be too difficult due to psychotic disorders, dementia, readmission to hospital, internal diseases (e.g. stroke or pulmonary embolism) or orthopedic diseases, which limit their range of mobility.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
lung function parameter (FEV1, FVC) and Leistungsparameter (6-Minute-Walking-Test)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Questionnaires (MFIS - modifed Fatigue Impact Scale and mMRC Dyspnea Scale)	—

Countries

Austria

Contacts

Public ContactBernhard Puchner

Rehabilitationszentrum Münster

bernhard.puchner@reha-muenster.at00430533720004

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026