NCT07621588Completed
Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises With KOTS Currents in Patients With Long COVID
Effects of Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises Combined With Diaphragmatic Electrostimulation Using KOTS Currents in Patients With Long COVID: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study will evaluate the effects of diaphragmatic breathing exercises combined with diaphragmatic electrostimulation using KOTS currents in patients with Long COVID. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. The control group will perform diaphragmatic breathing exercises, while the intervention group will perform diaphragmatic breathing exercises combined with diaphragmatic electrostimulation using KOTS currents. The intervention will last three weeks, with two sessions per week. The study will assess respiratory function, quality of life, physical function, dyspnea, fatigue, and basal oxygen saturation.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 9 (actual)
- First submitted
- 27 May 2026
- Start date
- 14 Jun 2026
- Primary completion date
- 31 Jul 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca
- Diseases
- Long COVID and ME/CFS
- NCT number
- NCT07621588
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 9
- From 14 Jun 2026 to the primary completion date, 31 Jul 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- History of epilepsy.
- History of acute cardiac arrest.
Other
- Presence of a pacemaker.
- Pregnancy.
- Severe respiratory distress.
- Use of a wheelchair.
- Blurred vision.
- Cyanosis.
- Refusal to perform part or all of the treatment.
- Incomplete or incorrectly completed questionnaires.
Who the study is looking for
- Men and women aged 18 to 65 years.
- Medical diagnosis of Long COVID.
- At least 2 months since SARS-CoV-2 infection.
- Ability and willingness to provide informed consent.
- Ability to participate in the assigned intervention and assessment procedures.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clínica Universitaria Salus Infirmorum, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Unknown status |
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