Effectiveness of Calisthenic Exercises in Post-Covid Syndrome

Bahçeşehir University176 enrolled

Overview

Post-Covid syndrome is known as the appearance of some symptoms for 12 weeks or more after Covid-19 infection, affecting the patient's quality of life. The wide range of symptoms that occur after post-Covid syndrome has led to the development of different interventions. In this study, we tried to measure changes in quality of life in people with post-covid syndrome as a result of using calisthenics with therapists and home exercise. Quality of life scale scores were compared before and after an 8-weeks exercise intervention.

In this study, a quantitative approach with a pre-test-post-test design was applied to compare the effect of calisthenic exercises on quality of life in individuals with post-covid syndrome in the form of a therapist-guided and home exercise programme. Participants signed an informed consent form before inclusion in the study and the details of the study were clearly explained. At baseline, age, gender, height, weight, symptoms and duration of symptoms were recorded. Quality of life data were recorded with the EQ-5D-3L questionnaire at baseline and 8 weeks after the exercise intervention.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

176

Conditions

Quality of Life

Interventions

Calisthenic exerciseOTHER

Calisthenic exercise program was included: jumping jack, burpee, mountain climber, squat thrust, squat, squat jump, split and alternate exercises.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * To be 18 years of age or older, previous having Covid-19 infection, 12 weeks or more of post-covid symptoms. Exclusion Criteria: * The presence of acute viral or bacterial infection, having been previously diagnosed with a rheumatic, neurological, metabolic or oncological disease, having undergone any surgical procedure after musculoskeletal injury, use of intra-articular prosthesis

Locations (1)

Igdır University

Iğdır, Center, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

EQ-5D-3L (European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions 3 Level Version)

Depending on the answers given in this questionnaire, 1 - 3 points are assigned, while a low score indicates a healthy state, a high score indicates a problem that reduces the quality of life. In the second part of the questionnaire, there is a part where a score between 0-100 is asked to explain the state of being healthy today, in this part, low scores indicate that there are health problems and high scores define the state of being healthy.

Time frame: Baseline of the study

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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