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Short-Term Effects of a Conditioning Telerehabilitation Program in Confined Patients Affected by COVID-19 in the Acute Phase. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Background and objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has become a challenge for health systems and, specifically, to physical therapists obligated to adapt their job and stop face-to-face consultations. In this situation, therapeutic exercise has been implemented in different COVID-19 patients. This stu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8305888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34356965 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57070684 |
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author | Rodriguez-Blanco, Cleofas Gonzalez-Gerez, Juan Jose Bernal-Utrera, Carlos Anarte-Lazo, Ernesto Perez-Ale, Manuel Saavedra-Hernandez, Manuel |
author_facet | Rodriguez-Blanco, Cleofas Gonzalez-Gerez, Juan Jose Bernal-Utrera, Carlos Anarte-Lazo, Ernesto Perez-Ale, Manuel Saavedra-Hernandez, Manuel |
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description | Background and objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has become a challenge for health systems and, specifically, to physical therapists obligated to adapt their job and stop face-to-face consultations. In this situation, therapeutic exercise has been implemented in different COVID-19 patients. This study evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of a novel therapeutic exercise program through telerehabilitation tools in COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate symptomatology in the acute stage. Materials and Methods: A total of 40 subjects were randomized an experimental group, based on muscle conditioning, and in a control group, who did not perform physical activity. Thirty-six subjects, 18 in each group, completed the one-week intervention. We measured the six-minute walking test, multidimensional dyspnoea-12, thirty seconds sit-to-stand test, and Borg Scale. Results: Both groups were comparable at baseline. Statistically significant improvement between groups (p < 0.05) in favor of the experimental group was obtained. No differences between gender were found (p > 0.05). Ninety percent adherence was found in our program. Conclusion: A one-week telerehabilitation program based on muscle toning exercise is effective, safe, and feasible in COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate symptomatology in the acute stage. |
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spelling | pubmed-83058882021-07-25 Short-Term Effects of a Conditioning Telerehabilitation Program in Confined Patients Affected by COVID-19 in the Acute Phase. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Rodriguez-Blanco, Cleofas Gonzalez-Gerez, Juan Jose Bernal-Utrera, Carlos Anarte-Lazo, Ernesto Perez-Ale, Manuel Saavedra-Hernandez, Manuel Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has become a challenge for health systems and, specifically, to physical therapists obligated to adapt their job and stop face-to-face consultations. In this situation, therapeutic exercise has been implemented in different COVID-19 patients. This study evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of a novel therapeutic exercise program through telerehabilitation tools in COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate symptomatology in the acute stage. Materials and Methods: A total of 40 subjects were randomized an experimental group, based on muscle conditioning, and in a control group, who did not perform physical activity. Thirty-six subjects, 18 in each group, completed the one-week intervention. We measured the six-minute walking test, multidimensional dyspnoea-12, thirty seconds sit-to-stand test, and Borg Scale. Results: Both groups were comparable at baseline. Statistically significant improvement between groups (p < 0.05) in favor of the experimental group was obtained. No differences between gender were found (p > 0.05). Ninety percent adherence was found in our program. Conclusion: A one-week telerehabilitation program based on muscle toning exercise is effective, safe, and feasible in COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate symptomatology in the acute stage. MDPI 2021-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8305888/ /pubmed/34356965 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57070684 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Rodriguez-Blanco, Cleofas Gonzalez-Gerez, Juan Jose Bernal-Utrera, Carlos Anarte-Lazo, Ernesto Perez-Ale, Manuel Saavedra-Hernandez, Manuel Short-Term Effects of a Conditioning Telerehabilitation Program in Confined Patients Affected by COVID-19 in the Acute Phase. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial |
title | Short-Term Effects of a Conditioning Telerehabilitation Program in Confined Patients Affected by COVID-19 in the Acute Phase. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_full | Short-Term Effects of a Conditioning Telerehabilitation Program in Confined Patients Affected by COVID-19 in the Acute Phase. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_fullStr | Short-Term Effects of a Conditioning Telerehabilitation Program in Confined Patients Affected by COVID-19 in the Acute Phase. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Short-Term Effects of a Conditioning Telerehabilitation Program in Confined Patients Affected by COVID-19 in the Acute Phase. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_short | Short-Term Effects of a Conditioning Telerehabilitation Program in Confined Patients Affected by COVID-19 in the Acute Phase. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_sort | short-term effects of a conditioning telerehabilitation program in confined patients affected by covid-19 in the acute phase. a pilot randomized controlled trial |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8305888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34356965 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57070684 |
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