Study Details

Studying Exercise Intolerance Symptoms for People with Long COVID

(IRB#: IRB_00179021)

Exercise intolerance is the need to stop physical activity because of symptoms like shortness of breath and fatigue. Post-exertional malaise (PEM) is the worsening of symptoms after minimal physical, mental, or emotional activity. PEM symptoms include difficulty with physical activity (exercise intolerance), difficulty thinking, trouble sleeping, sore throat, headaches, muscle aches, dizziness, or severe tiredness. This study will find out if certain study interventions can help treat exercise intolerance and post-exertional malaise that started or got worse after a COVID-19 infection and has lasted for at least 3 months. Based on symptoms and then by chance, people in the study will be in one of two groups. One group will receive exercise training with education to help with exercise intolerance and improve quality of life and ability to exercise. The other group will receive a training intervention designed to help people with PEM to know, control, and minimize PEM symptoms. People in the study will wear an activity tracker on the wrist connected to the smartphone. Being in the study lasts about 6 months.

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