NCT05166057

Telerehabilitation in Patients With Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Diseases

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 63 (actual)
• Sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the study is to determine the effectiveness of different exercise programs applied to 3 groups randomly formed in patients with fibrosing interstitial lung disease (FILD). Secondary purpose: To determine the feasibility and effectiveness of telerehabilitation in FILD cases.

Detailed description

The cases meeting the inclusion criteria will be randomized and divided into three groups, the groups will be named as Telerehabilitation Exercise Group (TGr), Video Group (VGr) and Standard pulmonary rehabilitation group (SGr).TGr will be given online exercises, synchronized 2 days a week, and a home program for 1 day, accompanied by a physiotherapist, via videoconference on the group smartphone.After 1 session of online simultaneous exercise training in the company of a physiotherapist via a smart phone videoconference to the VGr group, an exercise video including the exercises will be sent to participants and the patients will be asked to do exercises 3 days a week. The participants will be asked to keep an exercise diary and the status of the diaries will be followed by phone call once a week.The SGr group will be applied the pulmonary rehabilitation program with supervision in the hospital 2 days a week, and participants will be asked to do exercises at home for 1 day. The exercise period will be 8 weeks for both groups.Details of the exercises to be applied to the cases are as follows: The exercise program includes aerobic, resistance exercises and breathing exercises.

Conditions

• Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease
• Telerehabilitation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Synchronized online telerehabilitation exercise program	Breathing exercises, inspiratory muscle training, peripheral muscle strengthening training and gait training will be applied to the patient by videoconference.
OTHER	Videobased telerehabilitation exercise program	A video containing breathing exercises, inspiratory muscle training, peripheral muscle strengthening training and gait training will be given to the patient and will be asked to exercise regularly.
OTHER	Hospital based outpatient exercise program	Breathing exercises, inspiratory muscle training, peripheral muscle strengthening training and gait training will be applied to the patient in the hospital..

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-22
• Primary completion: 2025-05-30
• Completion: 2025-05-30
• First posted: 2021-12-21
• Last updated: 2025-06-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)