ArticlePloS one2022
A tele-health primary care rehabilitation program improves self-perceived exertion in COVID-19 survivors experiencing Post-COVID fatigue and dyspnea: A quasi-experimental study.
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- Functional Recovery of Adults Following Acute COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Physical therapy · 2025Pooled it
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- Mapping the occupational therapy process in response to COVID-19 and long COVID: A scoping review.The British journal of occupational therapy · 2026Review
- Targeting dyspnoea through exercise intensity: insights from pulmonary rehabilitation and beyond, a narrative review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Review
- Safety and Effectiveness of an Exercise-Based Telerehabilitation Program in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Post COVID Syndrome: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Telerehabilitation as an innovative strategy for the management of anxiety and dyspnea in post-COVID-19: A scoping review.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Physical Training Protocols for Improving Dyspnea and Fatigue in Long COVID: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A Home-Based Interdisciplinary Intervention to Enhance Functionality in Oncology Patients: Results from a Clinical Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Hybrid Pulmonary Rehabilitation Improves Cardiorespiratory Exercise Fitness in Formerly Hospitalised Long COVID Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- A Mixed-Methods Study Exploring the Feasibility of a Digital Combined Lifestyle Intervention for Patients With Post Covid-19 Condition.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Rehabilitation interventions and outcomes for post-COVID condition: a scoping review.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Telerehabilitation Protocols for Improving Functionality in Post-COVID-19 Patients.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Identifying Factors That Might Affect Outcomes of Exercise-Based Therapies in Long-COVID.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Reporting of pre-existing multiple long-term conditions in physical rehabilitation for long COVID: a scoping review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024Article
- Strategies to strengthen the resilience of primary health care in the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Motor and Respiratory Tele-Rehabilitation in Patients with Long COVID-19 after Hospital Discharge: An Interventional Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effects of Exercise Rehabilitation on Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Long-COVID-19 Survivors: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Improved Functioning and Activity According to the International Classification of Functioning and Disability after Multidisciplinary Telerehabilitation for Post-COVID-19 Condition-A Randomized Control Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- The Delphi Method: Developing a Telerehabilitation Practice Guideline for Patients in Indonesia with Long COVID.International journal of telerehabilitation · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundCurrent evidence suggests that up to 70% of COVID-19 survivors develop post-COVID symptoms during the following months after infection. Fatigue and dyspnea seem to be the most prevalent post-COVID symptoms.
objectiveTo analyze whether a tele-rehabilitation exercise program is able to improve self-perceived physical exertion in patients with post-COVID fatigue and dyspnea.
methodsSixty-eight COVID-19 survivors exhibiting post-COVID fatigue and dyspnea derived to four Primary Health Care centers located in Madrid were enrolled in this quasi-experimental study. A tele-rehabilitation program based on patient education, physical activity, airway clearing, and breathing exercise interventions was structured on eighteen sessions (3 sessions/week). Self-perceived physical exertion during daily living activities, dyspnea severity, health-related quality of life and distance walked and changes in oxygen saturation and heart rate during the 6-Minute walking test were assessed at baseline, after the program and at 1- and 3-months follow-up periods.
resultsDaily living activities, dyspnea severity and quality of life improved significantly at all follow-ups (p<0.001). Additionally, a significant increase in oxygen saturation before and after the 6-Minute Walking test was found when compared with baseline (P<0.001). Heart rate adaptations at rest were found during the follow-up periods (P = 0.012). Lower perceived exertion before and after the 6-Minute Walking test were also observed, even if larger distance were walked (P<0.001).
conclusionTele-rehabilitation programs could be an effective strategy to reduce post-COVID fatigue and dyspnea in COVID-19 survivors. In addition, it could also reduce the economic burden of acute COVID-19, reaching a greater number of patients and releasing Intensive Unit Care beds for prioritized patients with a severe disease. STUDY REGISTRATION: The international OSF Registry registration link is https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/T8SYB.
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