Reduced subjective and objective functional capacity performance are reported afterCOVID-19 in a large proportion of subjects. The aim of this study is to examine thefeasibility and effect of using an e-health tool for guidance and tracking of exercisetraining in a general population of adults previously infected by COVID-19.
Both hospitalized and non-hospitalized persons who have undergone extensive
multi-disciplinary rehabilitation programs report significantly improved physical
function after rehabilitation. Exercise training may be the key intervention to improve
fitness and subjective complaints such as fatigue, low physical fitness and dyspnea after
COVID-19 infection. However, traditional group-based exercise training or self-training
programs at fitness centers have been shut down during the pandemic, and home-based
interventions are warranted. To overcome the limitations and costs of a fitness
center/personal trainer-based intervention study, more knowledge on the effectiveness and
efficacy of using an e-Health system to recruit, train and monitor participants after
illness are needed.
Behavioral: Exercise training using an e-health tool
Experimental: Exercise training will be guided by using the e-health tool MIA Health,
with the possibility for digital communication between the participants and study
personnel The participants will receive wearables that record heart rate. Participants
will be encouraged to achieve 100 Personal Activity Intelligence (PAI) equivalents per
week Control: No follow-up
Inclusion Criteria:
- Persons who have undergone COVID-19 disease
- People who struggle to be physically active enough as a result of corona disease
- People who experience reduced physical fitness as a result of corona disease
Exclusion Criteria:
-- more than 100 PAI per week (calculated from self-reported activity level)
- uncontrolled hypertension (high blood pressure) (over 200/110).
- symptomatic valve failure, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, unstable angina, pulmonary
- hypertension, heart failure and/or severe rhythm disturbances
- cancer that makes participation impossible or exercise contraindicated. Considered
individually in consultation with the attending physician.
- chronic contagious infectious diseases.
- Participates in other studies that are not compatible with participation in this
project
- Post-exertional symptom exacerbation (PESE)/post-exertional malaise
(PEM)/post-exertional neuroimmune exhaustion (PENE).
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of medicine, Department of circulation and medical imaging,
Trondheim, Norway
Dorthe Stensvold Stensvold, Principal Investigator
Dorthe Stensvold, Professor, NTNU