The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of a 15-week home telerehabilitation program and a detraining period on cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular efficiency in patients with post-COVID-19 sequelae compared to a control group of COVID-19 patients. We hypothesize that cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular efficiency significantly improve in patients who carry out the home telerehabilitation program. However, the cardiorespiratory and muscular adaptations achieved and tolerance to exercise are lost over time as an effect of detraining.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
130
The supervised telerehabilitation program will be performed in the home of each patient and supervised by an experienced physiotherapist with more than 4 years of clinical experience in therapeutic exercise for chronic diseases.
Manuel Vicente Garnacho Castaño
Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Cardiorespiratory fitness: absolute oxygen uptake
absolute peak oxygen uptake in L/min
Time frame: 1 week per group
Cardiorespiratory fitness: relative oxygen uptake
relative peak oxygen uptake in L/min
Time frame: 1 week per group
Exercise capacity during cardiopulmonary exercise test
Exercise time in minutes and seconds
Time frame: 1 week per group
Mechanical efficiency
Delta efficiency in percentage
Time frame: 1 week per group
Ventilatory efficiency
VE/VCO2 slope
Time frame: 1 week per group
Power output during pedaling
Power output in watts
Time frame: 1 week per group
Respiratory exchange ratio
RER
Time frame: 1 week per group
Minute ventilation
Ventilation in L/min
Time frame: 1 week per group
ventilatory equivalent for oxygen
VE/VO2
Time frame: 1 week per group
ventilatory equivalent for carbon dioxide
VE/VCO2
Time frame: 1 week per group
End-tidal partial pressure of oxygen
PetO2 in mmHg
Time frame: 1 week per group
end-tidal partial pressure of carbon dioxide
PetCO2 in mmHg
Time frame: 1 week per group
Weight of COVID-19 patients
Weight in kg
Time frame: 1 week per group
Height of COVID-19 patients
Height in meters
Time frame: 1 week per group
Body mass index of COVID-19 patients
BMI in kg/m2
Time frame: 1 week per group
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