Clinical trial NCT04996225: Effect of Aerobics and Balancing Exercises on Anxiety and Dizziness in Patients With COVID-19
Official title: Effect of Aerobics and Balancing Exercises on Anxiety and Dizziness in Patients With COVID-19
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Corona Virus Infection
Keywords: Aerobics - Balance exercises -anxiety - dizziness disorder
Lead sponsor: Merit University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-08-09
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 45
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Finally, it could be concluded that aerobic exercise and balancing exercise with relaxation exercises decrease anxiety and dizziness in patients with COVID-19. So, it considered as effective, safe, cheap and successful adjunct treatment methods in reducing anxiety and dizziness in patients with COVID-19.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The recently emerged coronavirus named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) is the newest threat to human health. It has already infected more than half a million people worldwide, leading to a lot of deaths. Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019(COVID-19) will experience high levels of anxiety and low sleep quality due to isolation treatment. Purposes: Was to investigate the effect of aerobics and balancing exercises on anxiety and dizziness in patients with COVID-19. Subjects: Thirty anxiety and dizziness patients with COVID-19 aged from 45-65 years of both sexes, randomly divided into two groups, selected from outpatient clinic ,General

Detailed description: In December 2019, a series of pneumonia cases of unknown cause emerged in Wuhan, Hubei, China, with clinical presentations greatly resembling viral pneumonia. Deep sequencing analysis from lower respiratory tract samples indicated a novel coronavirus, which was named 2019 novel coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). On February 12, 2020, WHO officially named the disease caused by the novel coronavirus as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19),and by March 11th, 2020 when the number of countries involved was 114, with more than 118,000 cases and over 4000 deaths, the WHO declared the pandemic status

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Thirty patients with COVID-19
* Age between 45 -65 years
* Cooperative patient.
* All patients were referred from physician with the diagnosis of COVID-19

Exclusion Criteria:

* Overweigh patients with body mass index more than 30.
* Pregnant women.
* Cancer patients.
* Smokers
* Patients with chronic heart disease

Primary outcomes:
measure: SPSS for Windows, version 22 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA)
timeFrame: one month
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Sohag
country: Egypt
facility: Ahmed.Assem
Study officials:
affiliation: Lecturer of Biomechanics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Deraya University, Minia,
name: Mohamed M Essa, PHD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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