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Home-Based Exercise Tele-Rehabilitation After COVID-19
Home-Based Exercise Tele-Rehabilitation in High-Risk Veterans: Impact of COVID-19 Exposure and Socioeconomic Factors
Who can join
Ages 50 to 85 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Veteran * documented COVID-19 \> 90 days ago * diagnosis of 2 of following conditions: hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease OR 1 condition and BMI \> 30 kg/m2 Exclusion Criteria: * myocardial infarction (within 3 months) * exertional or unstable angina (chest pain that limits activity) * severe congestive heart failure (EF \< 20% in last year or NYHA Classification III or IV) * uncontrolled hypertension (SBP \>180 \&/or DBP \> 110 mm Hg at screening) * screening EKG with ischemia, complex arrhythmia, or high-grade block (per Minnesota Code) * poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (FBS\>200 mg/dl, RBS \> 299 mg/dl, or HbA1C \> 10) * treatment for cancer except skin cancer (within 3 months) * peripheral vascular disease with claudication * severe arthritis limiting ambulation * neurologic disease limiting ambulation (weakness requiring assist device; severe neuropathy) * end stage liver disease (decompensated liver disease) * End stage renal failure (dialysis) * severe pulmonary disease (home O2, admission for dyspnea or pneumonia within 1 month) * high fall risk (history of falls, bone fracture) * dementia (based on Evaluation to Consent) * signs or symptoms of any medical comorbidity that would preclude exercise testing or training * exercises on routine basis (structured aerobic exercise \> 3 time per week)
About the study
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in catastrophic infections and fatalities across the nation. Many older Veterans with comorbidities are especially vulnerable to complications and poor recovery. This award will investigate the effect of a novel, home-based, supervised, group exercise tele-rehabilitation in Veterans recovered from COVID-19 on cardiopulmonary and physical function.
What is being tested
- Tele-exercise (other)
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development · Participants: 80 · Started: Jun 29, 2023
Contact the study team
- Alice S Ryan, PhD · Phone: (410) 605-7851
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05425264
Locations in the U.S.
| Maryland | Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.