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Home-Based Exercise Tele-Rehabilitation After COVID-19

VA Office of Research and Development · with Baltimore VA Medical Center, Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center · NCT05425264

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 50–85 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
80
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
June 29, 2023
Record last updated
November 10, 2025

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What the study is about

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.

Being studied: Tele-exercise

Conditions: Post SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19)

Eligibility criteria

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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)

Recruiting US locations

  • Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD

    Baltimore, MD 21201

    Site contact: Kristina Marcus, MS · (410) 605-7000 · kristina.marcus@va.gov

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Alice S Ryan, PhD · (410) 605-7851 · Alice.Ryan@va.gov
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