Rehabilitation and Covid-19: the Cochrane Rehabilitation 2020 rapid living systematic review.

DISCUSSION: Main issues emerging from the review: it is advised to test for COVID-19 people with neurological disorders presenting with symptom changes; dysphagia is a frequent complication after oro-tracheal intubation in COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU; after discharge, COVID-19 survivors may report persistent restrictive ventilatory deficits regardless of disease severity; there is only sparse and low quality evidence concerning the efficacy of any rehabilitation intervention to promote functional recovery; a substantial increase in resource (staff and equipment) is needed for rehabilitation. PMID: 32705860 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - July 23, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Ceravolo MG, Arienti C, De Sire A, Andrenelli E, Negrini F, Lazzarini S, Patrini M, Negrini S, International Multiprofessional Steering Committee of Cochrane Rehabilitation REH-COVER action Tags: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med Source Type: research