Clinical trial NCT05172102: Quality of Life and Lung Function on Post Covid-19 Patient
Official title: Effect of Breathing Exercise on Chest Expansion, Quality of Life and Lung Function on Post Covid-19 Patient: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: COVID-19
Lead sponsor: Qassim University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-12-29
Enrollment: 40
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Gaining a greater understanding of how the breathing exercise combined with aerobic and strengthening exercises will affects lung function and quality of life in post covid-19 persons

Detailed description: this will improve exercise prescription guidelines relevant to this post covid-19. Therefore, the purpose of this work was determining the effect of breathing exercise combined with aerobic and strengthening exercises in improve chest expansion, lung function and quality of life in post covid-19 persons.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Female. Age from 20 to 30 years old. - Body mass index (BMI) 19 to 24 kg/m2.- Non-smoker- Recovered from COVID-19 over the past 12 months. - They are experiencing mild to moderate symptoms without any complications. -
* Able to use online communication programs.

Exclusion Criteria:

* - Anyone who does regular physical exercise.
* history of acute illness, asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, hypertension, diabetes disease.
* hypoxemia in rest.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Health-related quality of life, Medical Outcomes Study short-form (SF-36)
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: Health-related quality of life, Medical Outcomes Study short-form (SF-36)
timeFrame: after 6 weeks
measure: Respiratory function measurement
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: Respiratory function measurement
timeFrame: after 6 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Chest expansion measurement
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: Chest expansion measurement
timeFrame: after 6 weeks
measure: Exercise endurance measurement
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: Exercise endurance measurement
timeFrame: after 6 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Buraidah
country: Saudi Arabia
facility: College of medical rehabilitation
state: Qassim
Study officials:
affiliation: Qassim University
name: Sahar Mahmoud, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
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