COVID-19 Pandemic: A Physiotherapy Update
Paolo Pedersini 1 * , Jorge Hugo Villafañe 1 , Camilo Corbellini 2 3 , Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone 4 *
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1 IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, ITALY2 Casa di Cura Villa Serena, Piossasco, ITALY3 LUNEX International University of Health, Exercise and Sports, Department of Physiotherapy, LUXEMBOURG4 Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, BRAZIL* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Physiotherapists have an essential role in the recovery of patients who require hospital care and/or in intensive care units. However, so far, there is little discussion in literature about the interventions by physiotherapists together with multidisciplinary teams in hospital units that receive COVID-19 patients. In this perspective article, we discuss the role and importance of physiotherapy in the management of COVID-19 cases with focus on patients admitted to hospitals.

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Article Type: Perspective Article

ELECTRON J GEN MED, Volume 18, Issue 1, February 2021, Article No: em264

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/8574

Publication date: 07 Oct 2020

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