Primary Care Physical Therapy and Exercise Therapy for People With Persistent Complaints After a SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Secondary Analysis of the ParaCov Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Current insight into recovery and real-world treatment of people with persistent complaints after SARS-CoV-2 infection is limited.

Objective

The objective of this study was to describe the content, duration, and reasons for initiating and terminating physical therapist interventions and (factors contributing to) changes in outcomes before and after treatment.

Design

This was a prospective cohort study in Dutch primary care allied health care.

Participants

Participants were patients receiving allied health care treatment after SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Intervention

The intervention was primary care physical therapy.

Main outcomes and measures

Self-reported functioning (patient-specific functional scale [PSFS]), 6-min walk test (6MWT), sit-to

SUBMITTER: Gerards MHG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12202032 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature