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Effect of Respiratory Versus Aerobic Training on Respiratory and Immunity Efficiency in Recovered COVID- 19 Patients

Effect of Respiratory Versus Aerobic Training on Respiratory and Immunity Efficiency in Recovered COVID- 19 Patients

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04613050
Enrollment
80
Registered
2020-11-03
Start date
2020-07-02
Completion date
2022-10-30
Last updated
2022-12-28

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Conditions

Covid 19 Infection

Brief summary

This study will be conducted on eighty patients of both sexes with age ranging from 35 to 45years. The will be recovered from COVID-19 infection with chest symptoms. They will be selected from Nasr city police authority hospital. They will be randomly assigned into 3 equal groups.

Detailed description

This study will be conducted on eighty patients of both sexes with age ranging from 35 to 45years. The will be recovered from COVID-19 infection with chest symptoms. They will be selected from Nasr city police authority hospital. They will be randomly assigned into 3 equal groups. Participants will be assigned into 3 groups equal in number (group A, group B, group C) Group A (Respiratory Training Group) : It will include 30 patients of both sexes, recovered from COVID-19 infection. In addition to medical drugs, they will receive respiratory training for 6 weeks. Group B : (Aerobic Training Group) : It will include 30 patients of both sexes, recovered from COVID-19 infection. In addition to medical drugs, they will receive aerobic training for 6 weeks Group C : (control group) :It will include 20 patients of both sexes, recovered from COVID-19 infection on medical drugs only will receive no exercise as control group.

Interventions

Respiratory training in form of : Diaphragmatic breathing,Segmental breathing, Incentive spirometer:

OTHERAerobic training

aerobic exercises are customized according to the patient's underlying disease and residual dysfunction. These exercises will include walking on treadmill. After an initial, 5-minute warm-up phase performed on the treadmill at a low load, each endurance training session lasted 30 minutes and ended with 5-minute recovery and relaxation phase. A total of 3-5 sessions are carried out per week. Patients who are prone to fatigue should perform intermittent exercises

Sponsors

Cairo University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
35 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients recovered from COVID -19 infection. * Patients with body mass index 25 - 35 kg/m2 * Patients previously diagnosed with chest symptoms of COVID- 19 infection. * Patients' body temperature less than 37.5 * Blood oxygen saturation ≥95%

Exclusion criteria

* Smokers * Patients with Myocardial infarction * Patients with diabetes. * Patients with autoimmune disease. * Patients with positive COVID -19 infection. * Patients with previous chest diseases * a heart rate of \>100 bpm * a blood pressure of \<90/60 mmHg or \>140/90 mmHg * a blood oxygen saturation of ≤95% * other diseases that are not suitable for exercise (osteoarthritis knee - stroke patients, etc)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
6-minute walk Distancechange from baseline at 6 weekspatient will be instructed to walk as fast as long as possible, in a 30 meters obstacle- free corridor, limited by turnaround cones. Standardized verbal encouragement will be given every minute. After 6 min, patient will be instructed to stop, and the total distance will be measured, rounding to the nearest meter.
Complete blood picturechange from baseline at 6 weeksA venous blood sample will be taken to be analyzed in the laboratory
Arterial blood gaseschange from baseline at 6 weeksarterial blood sample will be assessed
Borg Dyspnea Scale scorechange from baseline at 6 weeksIt is a 0 to 10 rated numerical score used to measure dyspnea as reported by the patient during six minute walk test
Breath-hold testchange from baseline at 6 weeksA rough index of cardiopulmonary reserve measured by the length of time that a person can voluntarily stop breathing; normal duration is 30 seconds or longer; diminished cardiac or pulmonary reserve is indicated by a duration of 20 seconds or less.
Oxygen saturationchange from baseline at 6 weeksPercentage of haemoglobin saturated with oxygen measured by pulse oximeter

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Maximum oxygen consumptionchange from baseline at 6 weeksMaximum oxygen consumption(VO2 max): Results of (6MWT) was used to calculate Vo2 max by using Cahalin equation as follows; Vo2 max = 0.03x distance in meters +3.98, in which distance is obtained from (6MWT)

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026