The effects of 6 weeks home rehabilitation program for non-ventilated COVID-19 patients after discharge: A case report

Aktürk, Adem; Kılıç, Gamze; Alğantekin, Yasin

doi:10.28982/josam.922882

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“…Most studies on the effect of exercise on functional capacity and pulmonary function after discharge from COVID-19 hospital are currently limited to observational studies [21]. However, the results of previous studies showed that exercise therapy in COVID-19 survivors had a significant effect on functional capacity, especially 6-minute walking distance [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] and pulmonary function [9,10].…”

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The Effect of Respiratory and Core Stability Tele-exercises on Pulmonary and Functional Status in COVID-19 Survivors: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Mashhadi

Sahebozamani²,

Daneshjoo³

et al. 2022

PTJ

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Purpose: Various complications, including physical, cognitive, and functional disorders, have been identified in patients discharged and recovered from COVID-19. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) can be considered a strategy for these disorders. This study aimed to investigate the effect of respiratory and core stability tele-exercises on pulmonary function and functional capacity in survivors discharged and recovered from COVID-19. Methods: This randomized clinical trial study was performed in Qom Province, Iran, in 2021. Thirty discharged patients voluntarily participated in this study and were randomly divided into two groups of 15 patients. Eventually, 27 patients in two groups of exercise (13 patients) and control (14 patients) completed this study. The exercise group performed respiratory and core stability tele-exercise for 8 weeks. Before and after the exercise program, pulmonary function, including forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), FEV1/FVC ratio, and six-minute walk test (6MWT) were assessed in both groups. Mixed repeated measures test in SPSS software v. 27, was used to compare the mean of pre-test-post-test information of the groups. The significance level for this study was considered 0.05. Results: In the exercise group, a significant improvement was observed in FVC, FEV1, and 6MWT after the intervention (P≤0.05), but no significant difference was observed in the FEV1/FVC ratio (P>0.05). Furthermore, a significant interaction was observed in 6MWD, FVC, FVC (predicted), FEV1, and FEV1 (predicted). However, in FEV1/FVC ratio, no significant interaction was observed between the two groups (P>0.05). Conclusion: The results of the study showed that in the new crisis resulting from persistent complications of COVID-19, respiratory and core stability exercises by the tele-exercise method could be used as a helpful method in the rehabilitation of patients discharged and recovered from COVID-19 disease.

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“…Data were analyzed using SPSS software v. 22. The Shapiro-Wilk and Levene's tests were employed to evaluate the normality of the distribution of scores and homogeneity of variance among groups (P>0.05).…”

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The Effect of Respiratory and Core Stability Tele-exercises on Pulmonary and Functional Status in COVID-19 Survivors: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Mashhadi

Sahebozamani²,

Daneshjoo³

et al. 2022

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The role of exercise therapy in reducing respiratory symptoms in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review

Akbari,

Tahan,

Roostayi

et al. 2024

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

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Background/Aims Respiratory-related complaints such as dyspnoea, shortness of breath and inability to perform their activities of daily living have been reported by people who have contracted COVID-19. Physiotherapy can play a vital role in management of these symptoms. The aim of this review study was to systematically evaluate the role of exercise therapy in reducing respiratory symptoms in patients with COVID-19. Methods A search of PubMed, Cochrane, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, Scopus, and ProQuest databases was conducted from December 2019 to November 2022. Studies were included if: the study design was a randomised controlled trial or quasi-experimental; participants had COVID-19 disease; the intervention was exercise therapy; and respiratory symptoms were evaluated as outcome measures. The quailty of included studies was independently evaluated by two authors using the PEDro scale. Results A total of 11 articles were selected for final analysis, which included both face-to-face therapy and telerehabilitation. Without considering their scientific rigour, the findings of the studies reported that exercise therapy, such as breathing exercises, strengthening exercises, aerobic exercises, lower limb muscle strength exercises and stretching exercises, had significant effects in reducing dyspnoea and increasing physical capacity and lung function. Conclusions Exercise therapy interventions could be effective in improving respiratory symptoms including lung function, dyspnoea and physical capacity. While some studies examined face-to-face exercise therapy and showed improvement in symptoms, it is suggested that the effect of telerehabilitation should be investigated in future studies. Implications for practice Physiotherapists can use exercise therapy alongside other physical therapy interventions for patients with COVID-19 and other similar respiratory viruses.

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The effects of 6 weeks home rehabilitation program for non-ventilated COVID-19 patients after discharge: A case report

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The Effect of Respiratory and Core Stability Tele-exercises on Pulmonary and Functional Status in COVID-19 Survivors: A Randomized Clinical Trial

The Effect of Respiratory and Core Stability Tele-exercises on Pulmonary and Functional Status in COVID-19 Survivors: A Randomized Clinical Trial

The role of exercise therapy in reducing respiratory symptoms in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review

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