Risk of COVID-19 Disease in the Elderly Population and Physiotherapy

COVID-19 occurs with symptoms like fever, cough, myalgia, fatigue, muscle weakness, and impairment in other important bodily functions [1]. As a result of the clinical course of COVID-19 infection, rapidly developing acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS) requires intubation and mechanical ventilation (MV) [2]. Comorbid diseases like aging, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cerebrovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, cancer, etc. along with ARDS were reported to be risk factors for death in patients with COVID-19 [3].
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