Status:

COMPLETED

Eccentric Cycling Vs. Standard Rehabilitation for Post-ICU Recovery in COVID-19 Survivors

Lead Sponsor:

Universidad Nacional Andres Bello

Conditions:

COVID 19

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

We performed a longitudinal crossover clinical study on survivors of COVID-19. We compared a standard rehabilitation protocol using elastic bands versus a novel eccentric cycling training protocol in ...

Detailed Description

Twenty patients (9 men, 11 women) between the ages of 30 and 60 years who had been hospitalized for COVID-19 in an ICU volunteered for this study. Participants were hospital-discharged at least 6 mont...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Participants were hospital-discharged at least 6 months before the start of the study and had not undergone rehabilitation after hospital discharge.

Exclusion

  • Patients who did not pass the medical check-up before the study (patients with myocarditis and/or abnormal troponins or electrocardiograms from the last three months), oxygen-dependent patients, those with musculoskeletal injuries, bedridden patients, disoriented patients, or those with severe mental disabilities were excluded due to being unsafe to exercise.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 30 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 30 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06895850

Start Date

October 30 2021

End Date

July 30 2022

Last Update

March 26 2025

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Universidad Andres Bello

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile, 8370146