Home-Based Exercise Tele-Rehabilitation in High-Risk Veterans: Impact of COVID-19 Exposure and Socioeconomic Factors
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
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.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 50
Maximum Age: 85
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• 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
Locations
United States
Maryland
Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD
RECRUITING
Baltimore
Contact Information
Primary
Alice S Ryan, PhD
Alice.Ryan@va.gov
(410) 605-7851
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-06-29
Estimated Completion Date: 2028-01-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 80
Treatments
Experimental: Tele-exercise
Exercise training 2x/week at home. Sessions include circuit exercises of aerobic and resistive training stations which are led remotely.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: VA Office of Research and Development
Collaborators: Baltimore VA Medical Center, Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center