Assessment of risk factors in post- COVID-19 patients and its associated musculoskeletal manifestations: A cross-sectional study in India.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Musculoskeletal manifestations of COVID-19, post COVID-19, and post COVID-19 vaccination include arthralgia, myalgia, new-onset backache, fatigue, inflammatory arthritis either symmetrical or polyarticular, reactive arthritis, osteoporosis, osteonecrosis of the femoral head, neuropathies, myositis, and myopathies. Almost 15% and 44% of post-COVID-19 patients reported arthralgia and myalgia. We aim to analyze the musculoskeletal manifestations of COVID-19 infection and the factors determining their severity.

Methodology

This is a retrospective multicentric cross-sectional study conducted from all the four regions (northern, southern, eastern, and western regions) in India. The recruitment period was from June 1st, 2021, to September 30th, 2021. All patients with

SUBMITTER: Jeyaraman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9301900 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature