Quality of Life and Lung Function on Post Covid-19 Patient

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: COVID-19
• Interventions: Other: breathing exercise, Aerobic exercises

• Registration Number: NCT05172102
• Lead Sponsor: Qassim University

Brief Summary

Gaining a greater understanding of how the breathing exercise combined with aerobic and strengthening exercises will affects lung function and quality of life in post covid-19 persons

Detailed Description

this will improve exercise prescription guidelines relevant to this post covid-19. Therefore, the purpose of this work was determining the effect of breathing exercise combined with aerobic and strengthening exercises in improve chest expansion, lung function and quality of life in post covid-19 persons.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-12-20
• Study First Submitted: 2021-12-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-12-25
• Study First Posted: 2021-12-29
• Primary Completion: 2023-03-20
• Study Completion: 2023-03-30
• Status Verified: 2023-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-02
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Female. Age from 20 to 30 years old. - Body mass index (BMI) 19 to 24 kg/m2.- Non-smoker- Recovered from COVID-19 over the past 12 months. - They are experiencing mild to moderate symptoms without any complications. -
• Able to use online communication programs.

Exclusion Criteria

• • Anyone who does regular physical exercise.
• history of acute illness, asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, hypertension, diabetes disease.
• hypoxemia in rest.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
study group	breathing exercise, Aerobic exercises	Will receive diaphragmatic breathing with pursed lips as (breathing exercise), They will instruct to perform 3 different conditions will be registered: (1) 6 min of quiet breathing (3 sets of 2 min each), defined as spontaneous breathing pattern; (2) 6 min of diaphragmatic breathing (3 sets of 2 min each); and (3) 6 min of diaphragmatic breathing plus pursed-lips breathing (3 sets of 2 min each). For aerobic exercises: Will include the following exercises: walking, cycling, running and intermittent running. The exercises will perform for 18-60 minutes for 1-2 sets per week. For resistance exercises: Will include the following 8 exercises: shoulder press, biceps curl, triceps curl, bench press, leg squats, leg press, leg curl and toe raise. The exercises will perform for 60 minutes for 2-3 sets per week.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health-related quality of life, Medical Outcomes Study short-form (SF-36)	after 6 weeks	assessed using the Short Form-36 (SF-36). The SF-36 scale had 8 dimensions, and each dimension was converted into a percentage score.
Respiratory function measurement	after 6 weeks	assessed by a spirometer. The following parameters related to respiratory function will be measured: (1) forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1); (2) forced vital capacity (FVC).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Chest expansion measurement	after 6 weeks	measured with a tape measure at 2 different levels of the rib cage. Measurements will be taken at the maximal inspiration and expiration
Exercise endurance measurement	after 6 weeks	measured by the 6-min walk test (6MWT), is the distance one walks within 6 min

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

College of medical rehabilitation; 🇸🇦 Buraidah, Qassim, Saudi Arabia