Use of E-health Based Exercise Intervention After COVID-19

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: COVID-19
• Interventions: Behavioral: Exercise training using an e-health tool

• Registration Number: NCT05770505
• Lead Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

Reduced subjective and objective functional capacity performance are reported after COVID-19 in a large proportion of subjects. The aim of this study is to examine the feasibility and effect of using an e-health tool for guidance and tracking of exercise training in a general population of adults previously infected by COVID-19.

Detailed Description

Both hospitalized and non-hospitalized persons who have undergone extensive multi-disciplinary rehabilitation programs report significantly improved physical function after rehabilitation. Exercise training may be the key intervention to improve fitness and subjective complaints such as fatigue, low physical fitness and dyspnea after COVID-19 infection. However, traditional group-based exercise training or self-training programs at fitness centers have been shut down during the pandemic, and home-based interventions are warranted. To overcome the limitations and costs of a fitness center/personal trainer-based intervention study, more knowledge on the effectiveness and efficacy of using an e-Health system to recruit, train and monitor participants after illness are needed.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-13
• Study First Posted: 2023-03-15
• Study Start: 2023-04-17
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-13
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-15
• Primary Completion: 2024-05
• Study Completion: 2024-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 77

Inclusion Criteria

• Persons who have undergone COVID-19 disease
• People who struggle to be physically active enough as a result of corona disease
• People who experience reduced physical fitness as a result of corona disease

Exclusion Criteria

-- more than 100 PAI per week (calculated from self-reported activity level)

• uncontrolled hypertension (high blood pressure) (over 200/110).
• symptomatic valve failure, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, unstable angina, pulmonary
• hypertension, heart failure and/or severe rhythm disturbances
• cancer that makes participation impossible or exercise contraindicated. Considered individually in consultation with the attending physician.
• chronic contagious infectious diseases.
• Participates in other studies that are not compatible with participation in this project
• Post-exertional symptom exacerbation (PESE)/post-exertional malaise (PEM)/post-exertional neuroimmune exhaustion (PENE).

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Supervised exercise	Exercise training using an e-health tool	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cardiorespiratory fitness	After 6 months intervention	Peak oxygen uptake
Feasibilty	After 6 months intervention	Measured as acceptability and adherence

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life	After 6 months intervention	Questionnaires (RAND-12)
Lung function	After 6 months intervention	Spirometry

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of medicine, Department of circulation and medical imaging,; 🇳🇴 Trondheim, Norway