Physical Activity Levels in COVID-19 Patients Admitted to Intensive Care

Physical Activity Levels in COVID-19 Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Requiring Invasive Ventilation: An Observational Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04396197

Enrollment

Registered

2020-05-20

Start date

2020-03-01

Completion date

2020-05-08

Last updated

2020-05-20

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Conditions

Ards, COVID-19, Critical Illness, ICU Acquired Weakness

Brief summary

This is an observational study exploring the levels of mobility and rehabilitation in patients admitted to critical care with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19

Detailed description

An admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) often results in significant muscle weakness and physical deconditioning, which can take many months or even years for recovery. Early and progressive programmes of rehabilitation are recommended to limit any muscle loss and support recovery as early as possible. Patients admitted to intensive care with COVID-19 have been found to require prolonged periods of mechanical ventilation, high sedation and neuromuscular blocking use and as a result require prolonged stays in the ICU. As yet no data exists to examine the specific physical impact this may have, or whether it is safe and feasible to commence this earlier rehabilitation within the ICU for patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19. Our study set out to evaluate the levels of rehabilitation which were delivered in a large acute NHS trust.

Interventions

OTHERPhysiotherapy

Daily physiotherapy to include respiratory care and rehabilitation based on the individual therapists clinical reasoning

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* having a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 * being mechanically ventilated for at least 24 hours * surviving to critical care discharge.

Exclusion criteria

* none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Mobility level	At ICU discharge, an average of 3 weeks	Highest level of mobility achieved at the point of ICU discharge
Time taken to first mobilise	during ICU admission, up to 3 weeks	Time taken to first mobilise, defined as sitting on the edge of the bed or higher

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Discharge location	Hospital discharge, up to 2 months	Discharged to home, home with rehab, or a community rehab facility

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 17, 2026