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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Short-Term Effects of a Respiratory Telerehabilitation Program in Confined COVID-19 Patients in the Acute Phase: A Pilot Study.

Juan Jose Gonzalez-Gerez, Manuel Saavedra-Hernandez, Ernesto Anarte-Lazo, Carlos Bernal-Utrera, Manuel Perez-Ale, Cleofas Rodriguez-Blanco

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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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51citing papers in PubMed, 13 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Rehabilitation and COVID-19: systematic review by Cochrane Rehabilitation.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Juan Jose Gonzalez-GerezDepartment Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine, Faculty of Almeria, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain.
Manuel Saavedra-HernandezDepartment Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine, Faculty of Almeria, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain.
Ernesto Anarte-LazoDoctoral Program in Health Sciences, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9731-9039
Carlos Bernal-UtreraPhysiotherapy Department, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6235-8353
Manuel Perez-AleSpanish Army, Health Support in the Naval Base of Rota, 11520 Cadiz, Spain.
Cleofas Rodriguez-BlancoPhysiotherapy Department, Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8674-9180
Universidad de Sevilla · ESUniversity of Almería · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused distress for healthcare providers due to the respiratory problems it causes, among others. In this situation, rehabilitation of the respiratory system has been suggested and implemented in different COVID-19 patients. This study evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of a novel program based on breathing exercises through telerehabilitation tools in COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate symptomatology in the acute stage. Forty subjects were randomized in an experimental group, based on pulmonary rehabilitation, and in a control group, of which the subjects did not perform physical activity. Thirty-eight subjects, with nineteen in each group, completed the one-week intervention. We performed measurements using the Six-Minute Walk Test, Multidimensional Dyspnoea-12, Thirty-Second Sit-To-Stand Test, and Borg Scale. Both groups were comparable at baseline. Significant differences were found for all of the outcome measures in favour of the experimental group. Ninety percent adherence was found in our program. A one-week telerehabilitation program based on respiratory exercises is effective, safe, and feasible in COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate symptomatology in the acute stage.

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COVID-19TelerehabilitationHumansPandemicsPilot ProjectsSARS-CoV-2breathing exercisesCOVID-19physical therapy specialtytelerehabilitation

Identifiers

PMID34299962
PMCPMC8306449
OpenAlexW3183078091

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