PMID- 35954922
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220815
LR  - 20230308
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 15
DP  - 2022 Aug 3
TI  - The Effectiveness of a Four-Week Digital Physiotherapy Intervention to Improve 
      Functional Capacity and Adherence to Intervention in Patients with Long COVID-19.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph19159566 [doi]
LID - 9566
AB  - Long COVID-19 has been defined as the condition occurring in individuals with a 
      history of probable or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, with related symptoms 
      lasting at least 2 months and not explainable by an alternative diagnosis. The 
      practice of digital physiotherapy presents itself as a promising complementary 
      treatment method to standard physiotherapy, playing a key role in the recovery of 
      function in subjects who have passed the disease and who maintain some 
      symptomatology over time. The aims of this research are to explore the effect of 
      a digital physiotherapy intervention on functional recovery in patients diagnosed 
      with Long COVID-19 and to identify the level of adherence to the treatment 
      carried out. A quasi-experimental pre-post study assessed initially and at the 
      end of the 4-week intervention the functional capacity (1-min STS and SPPB) and 
      the adherence (software) of a total of 32 participants. After the 4-week digital 
      physiotherapy practice intervention with an individualised and customise exercise 
      programme, a statistically significant improvement was observed (p < 0.05) with a 
      small to medium effect size, high adherence rates and values above the minimal 
      clinically important difference (MCID). We consider our intervention feasible, 
      safe and consistent with our objectives. However, further randomised clinical 
      trials and studies with larger samples are needed to draw extrapolable 
      conclusions. Trial registration NCT04742946.
FAU - Estebanez-Perez, Maria-Jose
AU  - Estebanez-Perez MJ
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5537-7786
AD  - Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Science, University of Malaga, 
      29071 Malaga, Spain.
FAU - Pastora-Bernal, Jose-Manuel
AU  - Pastora-Bernal JM
AD  - Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Science, University of Malaga, 
      29071 Malaga, Spain.
FAU - Martin-Valero, Rocio
AU  - Martin-Valero R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1664-3647
AD  - Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Science, University of Malaga, 
      29071 Malaga, Spain.
LA  - eng
SI  - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT04742946
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220803
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
SB  - IM
MH  - *COVID-19/complications/therapy
MH  - Humans
MH  - Physical Therapy Modalities
MH  - Recovery of Function
MH  - SARS-CoV-2
MH  - Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome
PMC - PMC9367987
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Long COVID-19
OT  - digital physiotherapy practice
OT  - functional capacity
OT  - telerehabilitation
OT  - therapeutic adherence
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/08/13 06:00
MHDA- 2022/08/16 06:00
PMCR- 2022/08/03
CRDT- 2022/08/12 01:08
PHST- 2022/07/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/07/27 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/07/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/08/12 01:08 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/08/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/08/16 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/08/03 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph19159566 [pii]
AID - ijerph-19-09566 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph19159566 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 3;19(15):9566. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph19159566.