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The Efficacy of Tele-Physiotherapy in Patients After COVID-19 Hospitalization: The PPTCOVID Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Tele-physiotherapy group and Control group for Covid19 and Coronavirus Disease 2019. Completed, enrolled 72 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2), is a multisystem infectious disease which has led to a global pandemic. Tele-medicine is a tool to connect patients and health care professions while maintaining social distancing and restrictions. Tele-physiotherapy is a field of physiotherapy which has the advantage of providing therapy. Since some months ago, different organizations have started the tele-physiotherapy/tele-rehabilitation program to manage the patients' complications after COVID-19. This research team have developed a tele-rehabilitation guideline for physiotherapists to help them how to use tele-physiotherapy program for patients after COVID-19 hospitalization. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of tele-physiotherapy program in patients discharged after COVID-19.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Allocated participants to this group will receive 18 physiotherapy sessions (three sessions per week) during six weeks. in these sessions, physiotherapist will prescribe aerobic, resistive, breathing and functional exercises and airway clearance techniques (if needed) based on result of assessment of patients at the discharge phase. the physiotherapist will use some educational contents for the patient and call him/her to guide the patient about how exercises should be performed (determining frequency, time, intensity and type of exercise). the patient should do exercises until next session and provide a feedback. The patient will be assessed weekly using a pre-designed questionnaire remotely. the progression of interventions will be based on the results of weekly assessment.
Allocated participants to control group will receive one consultation session by the physiotherapist. At this session, patients will be educated about how to perform their daily activities, breathing exercises, walking, using oxygen cylinder and dietary.