Supervised Live Telerehabilitation vs. Unsupervised Home Exercise for Post-COVID-19 Syndrome: A Randomized Trial

Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who deliver or support remote exercise programs, and clinicians who see adults with persisting symptoms after COVID-19 infection.

Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants in outpatient, home health, cardiopulmonary, and telehealth settings; students and clinicians developing remote exercise programming also benefit.

Intended audience

Physical Therapy

Level

Intermediate

Delivery format

Online, asynchronous, self-paced course: interactive reading with audio or video, and a scored post-test.

Based on

This course reports the findings of a single published randomized clinical trial. All content is drawn from that source.

Tura NC, da Silva Pereira F, Fogaça B, Pang AS, do Amaral LA, Barbosa RI. Efficacy of Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Telerehabilitation for Musculoskeletal Symptoms in Post-Covid-19 Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Int J Telerehabil. 2025;17(2):6716. DOI: 10.63144/ijt.2025.6716. PMID: 41445680. PMCID: PMC12726851.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

1. Describe the population studied and the two telerehabilitation formats compared in this randomized trial of adults with post-COVID-19 syndrome.
2. State which outcomes improved in the supervised group, which improved in the unsupervised group, and the one outcome on which the groups differed from each other.
3. Explain the limitations the authors identified, including the dropout pattern and the inability to monitor home practice in the unsupervised group.

1. Start Here: How This Course Works
2. Podcast: Supervised or On Your Own? Telerehab After COVID-19 (about nine minutes)
3. Persisting Symptoms After COVID-19 and the Question of Supervision
4. Inside the Trial: Two Delivery Formats, One Exercise Protocol
5. What Changed: Sit-to-Stand, Breathlessness, Fatigue, Mood, and Quality of Life
6. Dropouts, Unmonitored Home Practice, and the Authors' Cautions
7. What This Trial Does and Does Not Support for Remote Practice
8. Key Takeaways
9. Post-Test and Course Evaluation

Quinn Millington, PT, DPT, ECS is the instructor of record: the licensed clinician who reviewed this course and signed off on it. The name and credentials print on the certificate.

Disclosures. This course was developed by The ConEd Solution, which has a financial interest in its sale. No outside funding or sponsorship was received. The instructor of record has no affiliation with the authors of the source publication or their institutions.

This course awards 0.5 contact hours (30 min). How you earn them:

1. Complete the course. Every lesson, in order.
2. Pass the post-test. Score 80% or higher. Retakes are allowed.
3. Complete the evaluation. A short form rating each learning objective and the course.
4. Download your certificate. It is issued on completion and stays available in My Account.

The episode time is its measured length. Reading, post-test and evaluation times are estimates.

This course is designed to satisfy the quality requirements state boards set for continuing education. Requirements vary by state, and confirming that a course fits your renewal is up to you. Each state’s own acceptance statement is in the credit panel on this page.

1. This course reports the findings of a single published randomized clinical trial. All content is drawn from that source.
2. Tura NC, da Silva Pereira F, Fogaça B, Pang AS, do Amaral LA, Barbosa RI. Efficacy of Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Telerehabilitation for Musculoskeletal Symptoms in Post-Covid-19 Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Int J Telerehabil. 2025;17(2):6716. DOI: 10.63144/ijt.2025.6716. PMID: 41445680. PMCID: PMC12726851.