Fascial Tissue Response to Manual Therapy: Implications in Long COVID-19
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Functioning and disability
研究概览
简要总结
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), as of mid-September 2022, more than 21 million Brazilians have recovered from COVID-19. However, post-infection symptoms continue to appear months after the end of the acute infection, a syndrome called long COVID. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the responses of fascia-focused manual therapy in participants with long COVID.
详细描述
Participants reported to have long COVID, of both sexes, aged between 20 and 80 years, from the community, outpatient clinics and hospitals will be evaluated. The treatment of participants will be carried out at the CEFID-UDESC Physiotherapy School Clinic, where they will undergo assessment of the biomechanical and viscoelastic properties of tissues, postural control, pain and quality of life. For normality analysis, the Shapiro-Wilk test will be applied, and according to the distribution of the data, parametric or non-parametric tests will be used. Pre- and post-assessment and treatment data will be compared using descriptive statistics and Student's t-test with a significance level of p=0.05 for parametric data or Wilcoxon for non-parametric data.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 80 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Participants diagnosed with long COVID, of both sexes, aged between 20 and 80 years, from the community, outpatient clinics and hospitals.
排除标准
- •Participants with suspected deep vein thrombosis; Participants with neurological disorders.
结局指标
主要结局
Functioning and disability
时间窗: 6 weeks
Will be assessed using the "World Health Organization Disability Assessment" questionnaire (WHO-DAS 2.0), translated and validated for the Brazilian population by Silveira et al. (2013).
Biomechanical and tissue viscoelastic properties
时间窗: 6 weeks
Will be evaluated by MyotonPro (MytonPro, Myoton Ltd.s., Tartu, Estonia)
次要结局
- Work capacity(6 weeks)
- Level of Quality of life(6 weeks)
- Upper limb dysfunctions(6 weeks)
- Balance(6 weeks)
研究者
Gilmar Moraes Santos, PT
Associate Professor
University of the State of Santa Catarina