Randomised controlled trial with 2 groups:Triflow and exercises (intervention) and exercises (control)
Exercises:Exercises in the bed, chair and standing with/without weights, walking, cycle ergometer, treadmill.
Triflow: 10 breaths in and 10 breaths out.
Both groups will have 1 physiotherapy session per day for 6 days per week from admission to discharge.
Sample size:The sample size is 70. We took into consideration the efficacy of completing the recruitment of patients in time. There few published studies with the use of Triflow as their primary intervention with smaller sample sizes.
Population: Adults with long covid hospitalised in the rehabilitation center
Statistical Analysis: will be done through IBM SPSS Statistics 20 and the level of statistical significance will be (p \< 0.05).
From the literature and international guidelines, physiotherapy should be offered to people hospitalized with long-COVID, without any serious risks and offering significant benefit.
