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Trial reportJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2024

Effect of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation on exercise capacity in post COVID-19 patients: a randomized controlled trail.

Tamer I Abo Elyazed, Laila A Alsharawy, Shaimaa E Salem, Nesma A Helmy, Ahmed Abd El-Moneim Abd El-Hakim

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 4 of them syntheses that 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Perceptions and Experiences of a Multimodal Rehabilitation Program for People With Post-Acute COVID-19: A Qualitative Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tamer I Abo ElyazedDepartment of Physical Therapy for Internal Medicine, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt. tamer.i.aboelyazed@gmail.com.
Laila A AlsharawyDepartment of Chest Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt.
Shaimaa E SalemDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
Nesma A HelmyDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt.
Ahmed Abd El-Moneim Abd El-HakimDepartment of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt.
Beni-Suef University · EGUniversity of Sadat City · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCoronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is an epidemic condition that compromises various consequences. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation on exercise capacity in patients with post COVID-19 syndrome.

methodsThe study was designed as a randomized control trial. A total of sixty-eight patients with post COVID-19 syndrome complaining of fatigue, dyspnea, and exercise intolerance participated in this study. Their ages ranged from 40 to 70 years old. The patients were randomly classified into two equal groups. The control group received usual medical care only, whereas the rehabilitation group received a selected home-based pulmonary rehabilitation exercise program plus the same usual medical care. The Physical Fitness Index (PFI), Chalder fatigue index, SF-36 questionnaire, dyspnea scale, and six-minute walk test (6 MWT) were measured before and after 12 weeks of intervention.

resultsThe rehabilitation group showed a significant lower mean of Chalder fatigue (11.1 ± 0.94) and a higher mean of 6MWT (439.7 ± 25.3) and PFI (52.3 ± 10.2), in addition to a higher mean of the SF-36 Questionnaire (66.4 ± 3.7) and a significant improvement of dyspnea in the mMRC score (26.7%), grade 2, (63.3%), grade 1 (10%), and grade 0 with a p-value < 0.001 when compared to the control group.

conclusionHome-based pulmonary rehabilitation (HBPR) for patients with post COVID-19 syndrome is effective and has a potential direct influence on exercise capacity, fatigue, dyspnea, and quality of life. HBPR could be considered an adjunctive, applicable, and low-cost therapy for patients with post COVID-19 syndrome.

trial registrationThe study was registered in Pan African Clinical Trial Registry as a clinical trial ID (PACTR202111640499636), November 2021.

Indexed as

Exercise TolerancePost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeAdultAgedCOVID-19DyspneaExercise TherapyHumansMiddle AgedQuality of LifeFunctional capacityPost COVID-19Pulmonary rehabilitation

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PMID38528512
PMCPMC10964649
OpenAlexW4393161427

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