This study will be conducted on eighty patients of both sexes with age ranging from 35 to 45years. The will be recovered from COVID-19 infection with chest symptoms. They will be selected from Nasr city police authority hospital. They will be randomly assigned into 3 equal groups.
This study will be conducted on eighty patients of both sexes with age ranging from 35 to
45years. The will be recovered from COVID-19 infection with chest symptoms. They will be
selected from Nasr city police authority hospital. They will be randomly assigned into 3
equal groups.
Participants will be assigned into 3 groups equal in number (group A, group B, group C)
Group A (Respiratory Training Group) : It will include 30 patients of both sexes, recovered
from COVID-19 infection. In addition to medical drugs, they will receive respiratory training
for 6 weeks.
Group B : (Aerobic Training Group) : It will include 30 patients of both sexes, recovered
from COVID-19 infection. In addition to medical drugs, they will receive aerobic training for
6 weeks
Group C : (control group) :It will include 20 patients of both sexes, recovered from COVID-19
infection on medical drugs only will receive no exercise as control group.
Other: Respiratory Training
Respiratory training in form of :
Diaphragmatic breathing,Segmental breathing, Incentive spirometer:
Other: Aerobic training
aerobic exercises are customized according to the patient's underlying disease and residual dysfunction. These exercises will include walking on treadmill. After an initial, 5-minute warm-up phase performed on the treadmill at a low load, each endurance training session lasted 30 minutes and ended with 5-minute recovery and relaxation phase. A total of 3-5 sessions are carried out per week. Patients who are prone to fatigue should perform intermittent exercises
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients recovered from COVID -19 infection.
- Patients with body mass index 25 - 35 kg/m2
- Patients previously diagnosed with chest symptoms of COVID- 19 infection.
- Patients' body temperature less than 37.5
- Blood oxygen saturation ≥95%
Exclusion Criteria:
- Smokers
- Patients with Myocardial infarction
- Patients with diabetes.
- Patients with autoimmune disease.
- Patients with positive COVID -19 infection.
- Patients with previous chest diseases
- a heart rate of >100 bpm
- a blood pressure of <90/60 mmHg or >140/90 mmHg
- a blood oxygen saturation of ≤95%
- other diseases that are not suitable for exercise (osteoarthritis knee - stroke
patients, etc)
Police hospital-Nasr city
Cairo, Egypt