Correction to: Rehabilitation Exercise and psycholoGical support After covid-19 InfectioN’ (REGAIN): a structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Abstract

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

Recomendações de exercício físico após adoecimento por COVID-19: revisão de escopo

“…A total of 445 articles were found. After exclusion of duplicates, reading of titles, abstracts, and the entire texts of the selected studies, 16 articles were included in the final version [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42] .…”

“…Of the studies included, only three were experimental [27][28][29] and none were randomized controlled trials. Six studies were classified as narrative reviews [30][31][32][33][34][35] , one a scoping review 36 and the others trials or opinion articles [37][38][39][40][41][42] . One study in this last group proposed a randomized controlled trial 39 .…”

“…Six studies were classified as narrative reviews [30][31][32][33][34][35] , one a scoping review 36 and the others trials or opinion articles [37][38][39][40][41][42] . One study in this last group proposed a randomized controlled trial 39 . One was a consensus declaration from the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Stanford Hall 40 and another the shared experience of different rehabilitation centers consisting of specialists in physical medicine and rehabilitation from eleven different countries in Europe and North America 38 .…”

“…Considering all the studies, the characteristics of the target population varied widely. These contained individuals aged 18 years or older, convalescing from different degrees of COVID-19, with or without the need for mechanical ventilation 32,36,39,41 , with no symptoms such as fever, dyspnea or tachycardia, low oxygen saturation and stable hemodynamic and respiratory or mild pulmonary symptoms 28,34,36,38 . Two experimental studies 27,28 and 9 reviews or trials 31,32,[35][36][37][38][39][40]42 applied or suggested biosafety protocols, with distance rehabilitation 27,31,32,36,38,39,42 and the use of personal protective equipment the most recommended procedure 28,[35][36][37][38]40 .…”

“…Balance training 29 and low-intensity exercise for the entire body 27 were also applied in experimental studies. In relation to review and opinion studies and trials, programs recommending more than one type of exercise (multicomponent) were cited in over half the studies 30,32,33,[35][36][37][38][39][40]42 . Aerobic exercises were recommended in 11 of the articles 30,[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]42 and strength/strengthening exercises in 9 32,33,[36][37][38][39][40][41][42] .…”