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Online Aerobic Exercise and Quality of Life in Non-diagnosed COVID-19 Adults

A study testing Online aerobic exercise in people with Exercise, run by Muş Alparslan University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

During the new coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, assessing the effects of online aerobic exercise on physical performance and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adults has garnered significant interest. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 40 to 60 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Exercise
What is being tested?
Online aerobic exercise
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
56 participants
Where
1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
Study dates
1 Jun 2022to 15 Jul 2023
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 40 to 60 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Not diagnosed with COVID-19,
  • Being between 40-60 years of age,
  • Having a medium level of physical activity according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF),
  • Not having any mental or physical problem preventing walking, running, or jumping,
  • Residing in the Muş and Denizli city provinces,
  • Being able to speak and understand the local language,
  • Being able to understand verbal and written information given.

Who cannot join

  • Having an injury/injury affecting the lower or upper extremities within the last six months,
  • Participating in any exercise or strengthening training within the previous three months.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Turkey (Türkiye)1 site
  • Muş Alparslan University

    Muş, Muş and Denizli Province

Other trials in Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Official title: Online Aerobic Exercise During the COVID-19 Era: Exploring Physical Performance and Health-related Quality of Life Changes in Non-diagnosed COVID-19 Adults

During the new coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, assessing the effects of online aerobic exercise on physical performance and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adults has garnered significant interest. This study, which investigated the impact of four-week online aerobic exercise on physical performance and HRQoL in non-diagnosed COVID-19 adults, provides crucial insights. After the study was completed, the four-week online exercise program did not significantly enhance physical performance and HRQoL but increased physical activity. These findings are important for understanding the potential of online aerobic exercise. While it may not yield notable health-related benefits, it can boost physical activity in non-diagnosed COVID-19 adults.

Read the detailed description

The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has led clinicians to new and alternative methods and led the way for various practice strategies. Telehealth applications enable health professionals to transfer information, education, and training for health consumers via the Internet and telecommunication. Telehealth applications and remote assessment applications are technology and services that can be used during the COVID-19 pandemic process. In addition, practical applications can be made with the help of telephone and video in a guideline published concerning remote health applications.

The advantages of participation in exercise programs include improvements in physical performance, aerobic endurance, self-efficacy for exercise, self-assessed health, and pain relief. The COVID-19 pandemic has induced extensive disruptions to global health systems and accelerated the shift to remotely accessible counseling and home-based rehabilitation. Implementing remotely monitored exercise interventions has the advantages of greater access and accessibility and overcoming known barriers to face-to-face supervised exercise. In the COVID-19 pandemic, tele-exercise, including remote delivery of exercises via video conferencing technology, has emerged as a means for community-based programs to maintain follow-up exercise sessions while adhering to physical distancing restrictions. A previous investigation indicated that tele-yoga exercise sessions were feasible and acceptable in older adults. Social isolation, which required attention and practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, causes significant changes that negatively affect public health and physical activity levels. In the COVID-19 pandemic, remote exercise implementation methods mainly focused on patients with chronic diseases or the older population.

People who are not regularly active and have no contraindications are recommended to start and gradually increase their physical activity level. The World Health Organization guidelines for adults indicate that aerobic and muscle-strengthening physical activity exercises are based on solid evidence. Additionally, there needs to be randomized controlled studies in the literature regarding online physical exercise during COVID-19. Therefore, it is curious to evaluate the physical activity level and physical performance in adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and how exercise interventions will affect them. In this study, we aimed to examine the effect of online exercise training on physical performance and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in non-diagnosed COVID-19 adults during the pandemic. As a hypothesis in our study, we hypothesized that four-week online exercise training would improve physical performance and HRQoL compared to the control group.

Conditions
Exercise
Being tested
Online aerobic exercise
Medical subject headings
Motor Activity

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Online aerobic exerciseOther

    Before starting the online aerobic exercises, for general warm-up, two minutes of walking, one minute of marching, and ten repetitions of bilateral reciprocal shoulder flexion-extension, shoulder horizontal abduction-adduction, and unilateral shoulder flexion and circling exercises were performed. For the upper extremity, full elbow extension with shoulder retraction in full shoulder flexion (Exercise V), elbows 90 degrees flexion with shoulder retraction in 90 degrees abduction (Exercise U), and full elbow flexion with shoulder extension of about 30 degrees (Exercise W) were performed. Standing hip abduction-extension, elevation on tiptoe, standing-sitting from a chair with hands on shoulders, squatting, tandem walking, and standing on one leg exercises were performed in the lower extremities. Gastrocnemius, hamstring, and shoulder posterior and inferior capsule stretching exercises were conducted as cooling exercises.

Study groups in NCT06517771
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Online aerobic exercise groupExperimentalParticipants in the online aerobic exercise group performed aerobic exercises three days a week for four weeks under the online supervision of a physiotherapist using the WhatsApp application.
Receives: Other: Online aerobic exercise
Control groupNo interventionThe control group did not engage in any aerobic or strengthening exercise training during the four weeks and were instructed to avoid strenuous physical activities

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Physical Activity Level

    The participants' physical activity levels were evaluated with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF). The IPAQ-SF is a scale developed to determine the physical activity levels of participants aged 15-65 years and aims to obtain information about the time individuals spend in vigorous, moderate-to-vigorous activities and walking. The calculation of the IPAQ-SF total score includes the sum of the duration and frequency of walking, moderately vigorous, and vigorous activity in the last week. In physical activity level classification, individuals with a physical activity score of less than 600 Metabolic equivalents of task (MET) min/week are classified as low level, individuals with physical activity between 600-3000 MET min/week are classified as medium physical activity level, and individuals with physical activity more than 3000 MET min/week are classified as high physical activity level.

    Measured: Baseline, Week 4

  2. Physical Performance

    Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB): The SPPB is calculated from three components: the ability to stand, time to complete a 3-m walk, and time to stand from a chair five times. Each part is scored out of 4, with the scores from the three tests calculated to give a total of 12 and a minimum of 0.

    Single-Leg Standing Test: For the single-leg participant stands in the dominant foot with the other knee at 90 degrees. If the participant reaches 30 seconds, the time is stopped.

    Four Square Step Test (FSST): For the FSST, the participant starts from a square with both feet, steps clockwise to the starting square, and returns to the starting square without stopping (start: right-back-left-front; return: back-right-front-left).

    Timed Up and Go (TUG) Test: For the TUG test, the participant has to get up from the chair, walk 3 meters, walk around the line on the floor, walk back to the chair, and sit down.

    Measured: Baseline, Week 4

  3. Health-Related Quality of Life

    The health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was evaluated with the Short Form-36 (SF36). SF-36 is a patient-reported questionnaire developed and used to determine HRQoL. It is a self-assessment scale with generic criteria. In this study, SF-36 physical function and general health subscales were utilized. The subscales assess health on a 0-100 scale, with 0 indicating poor health and 100 indicating good health

    Measured: Baseline, Week 4

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Anxiety

    The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was utilized to evaluate the participants' anxiety levels. This self-report instrument comprises 21 items that assess subjective anxiety and physical symptoms, with each item scored on a Likert scale ranging from 0 to 3. The total score on the BAI can range from 0 to 63, with higher scores reflecting more severe anxiety

    Measured: Baseline, Week 4

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted24 Jul 2024
  2. Study start1 Jun 2022
  3. Primary completion1 Jul 2023
  4. Study completion15 Jul 2023

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
randomized controlled study
Masking
Triple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
56 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06517771
Sponsor's protocol ID
51099/8-45
Status last verified
Jul 2024
First submitted
22 Jul 2024
Last updated
20 Nov 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: I do not have a plan to make individual participant data available to other researchers

Publications

  • Bull FC, Al-Ansari SS, Biddle S, Borodulin K, Buman MP, Cardon G, Carty C, Chaput JP, Chastin S, Chou R, Dempsey PC, DiPietro L, Ekelund U, Firth J, Friedenreich CM, Garcia L, Gichu M, Jago R, Katzmarzyk PT, Lambert E, Leitzmann M, Milton K, Ortega FB, Ranasinghe C, Stamatakis E, Tiedemann A, Troiano RP, van der Ploeg HP, Wari V, Willumsen JF. World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Br J Sports Med. 2020 Dec;54(24):1451-1462. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102955.

    PubMed 33239350
  • Canton-Martinez E, Renteria I, Machado-Parra JP, Reyes RA, Moncada-Jimenez J, Johnson DK, Gonzalez OM, Del Valle AS, Jimenez-Maldonado A. A virtually supervised exercise program improved fitness and mental wellness in healthy and comorbidity older adult individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Front Public Health. 2024 Apr 23;12:1328518. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1328518. eCollection 2024.

    PubMed 38716241
  • D'Oliveira A, De Souza LC, Langiano E, Falese L, Diotaiuti P, Vilarino GT, Andrade A. Home Physical Exercise Protocol for Older Adults, Applied Remotely During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocol for Randomized and Controlled Trial. Front Psychol. 2022 Feb 4;13:828495. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.828495. eCollection 2022.

    PubMed 35185739
  • Bayrak G, Aslan UB. Four-week remotely supervised aerobic exercise during the COVID-19 era: Exploring physical performance and psychosocial health in adults without COVID-19 living in rural settings. Medicine (Baltimore). 2025 Aug 29;104(35):e44016. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000044016.

    PubMed 40898552

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Online aerobic exercise in people with Exercise, run by Muş Alparslan University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Nov 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Physical Activity Level (time frame: Baseline, Week 4). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06517771, which also lists 4 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 20 Nov 2024.

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