European University started clinical trial of Implementation of a Respiratory Physiotherapy Program in Post COVID-19 Patients Through Tele-assistance
The European University of Madrid is recruiting patients for the clinical trial of Implementation of a Respiratory Physiotherapy Program in Post COVID-19 Patients Through Tele-assistance.
The objective of this research project is to scientifically evidence a pulmonary rehabilitation program that was initiated altruistically during the confinement of those patients who had suffered from COVID-19, through an online platform.
Patients are connected telematically 3 times a week from April 6, 2020 to perform the physical therapy program. Due to the clinical improvements that have been referred by patients, they began to take objective data.
The goal is to know if a telematic respiratory therapy program in post-covid 19 patient, improves the level of anxiety, dyspnea on effort, improves quality of life and oxygenation.
Patients affected by COVID- 19 have long periods of convalescence at home. This fact, together with the measures of social isolation, has contributed to act from a new therapeutic paradigm with the implementation of telematic rehabilitation programs.
On April 6, 2020 the online platform was born under the name "Respiratory Physiotherapy; telematic assistance in patients with COVID-19 sequelae". The researchers want to quantify the Chest Physiotherapy online program.
The researchers plan that January 1, 2021 will be the study start date. The indicative completion of the clinical trial will be expected in August 1, 2021.
There are a number of conditions that do not allow participation, such as:
- Patients admitted to intensive care and/or hemodynamically unstable
- Patients connected to mechanical ventilation
- Patients who do not have integrated cognitive abilities
- Patients who are receiving other respiratory rehabilitation programs
- Patients without adecuate technologies ( WIFI, computer, email, zoom)
The page dedicated to this clinical trial can be found here: https://ichgcp.net/clinical-trials-registry/NCT04678700
