Optimizing Outcomes With Physical Therapy Treatment for IndividuALs Surviving an ICU Admission for Covid-19 (OPTIMAL)
Covid-19, Critical Illness, Post Intensive Care Unit Syndrome
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Covid-19
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients (>18 years of age) surviving an ICU admission with laboratory confirmed Covid-19.
Exclusion Criteria:
- pre-existing neurological or orthopedic injury, disease, or condition that would prevent participation in exercise interventions.
- patient not ambulatory prior to hospitalization
- patient not expected to survivor 90 days after hospitalization
- pregnant
- prisoner
Sites / Locations
- University of Kentucky
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
ICU followup + physical therapy
Patients surviving ICU admission for Covid-19 will receive ICU follow-up care in an ICU Recovery Clinic plus 8 weeks of physical therapy interventions. ICU Recovery Clinic is standard of care for patients surviving medical ICU admission at University of Kentucky with potential to attend in person or complete through telemedicine up to 5 appointments in the first year after hospital discharge. Physical therapy interventions completed at an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation center or through telemedicine is not currently standard of care for patients in the short-term recovery phase (1-6 months after hospital discharge) after critical illness.