This randomized clinical trial investigates the effects of a distance physical activitycoaching program on the health of COVID-19 long-hauler. The study evaluates the impact ofindividualized coaching interventions to improve participants' physical activity andquality of life.
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Other: Activity Coaching Programme
The intervention will consist of individualized physical activity coaching sessions,
which will take place twice a week for 8 weeks. These sessions will focus on encouraging
progressive and personalized physical activity according to each participant's ability.
The sessions will also include relaxation techniques, targeted ventilation and strategies
to improve activity management.
Other: Standard medical care and leaflet education
In addition to standard medical care, patients assigned to this group received a leaflet
with information about the main post COVID-19 condition symptoms. This is a control group
that was not controlled or monitored by a therapist.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients of both sexes.
- Agreed to participate.
- Post COVID-19 condition patients meeting the WHO definition for this disease.
- Sedentary patients according to the cut-off point of the International Physical
Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pulmonary, cardiac, neurological, vascular, or orthopaedic pathologies that could
limit the execution of the evaluation and intervention.
- Cognitive impairment that prevented them from understanding and answering the
questionnaires.
- Patients suffering from a reinfection with SARS-CoV-2.
- Patients with a history of severe or critical COVID-19 disease severity.
- Patients participating in other studies.
Faculty of Health Sciences. University of Granada
Granada, Spain
Investigator: Marie Carmen Valenza, PT
Contact: 958 248035
cvalenza@ugr.es
Marie Carmen Valenza, PhD
958 248035
cvalenza@ugr.es
Marie Carmen Valenza, PhD, Principal Investigator
Universidad de Granada