Rehabilitation of Patients with Post-COVID-19 Syndrome: A Narrative Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

: We aimed to review the most recent articles on the rehabilitation of patients after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to identify the methods and effects of rehabilitation on such patients.

Methods

: A literature search was conducted using PubMed and Web of Science from study inception to October 2022 using the following search terms to identify meta-analyses and randomized controlled studies with abstracts written in English: ["COVID-19" or "COVID 19" or "2019-nCoV" or "SARS-CoV" or "novel coronavirus" or "SARS-CoV-2"] and ["rehabilitation"]. Publications investigating the effects of pulmonary and physical rehabilitation on patients with COVID-19 were extracted.

Results

The extraction process selected four meta-analyses, two systematic reviews, two

SUBMITTER: Sakai T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10261367 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature