The effect of rehabilitation in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Coronavirus Infections; C01.925.782.600.550.200

• Registration Number: RBR-7rvhpq9
• Lead Sponsor: Centro Hospitalar Entre Douro e Vouga

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-03-17
• Study Completion: 2021-10-01
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Hospitalized in intensive care unit due to COVID-19; age 18 years or higher; referred to rehabilitation; previously independent in activities of daily living; have to meet the safety criteria defined by the Portuguese Society of Physical Rehabilitation Medicine.

Exclusion Criteria

Don’t meet the safety criteria; prior muscle weakness; prior pulmonary diseases; acute thrombosis, contraindications to cycling; patients with a diagnosis on admission that excludes the possibility of walking at hospital discharge.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Improvement in functional capacity, using the 6-Minute Walk Test as primary outcome measure, from the finding of a statistically significant difference (p> 0.05) between the people in the control group and the intervention group.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
o secundary outcomes are expected.