Rehabilitation in adult post-COVID-19 patients in post-acute care with Therapeutic Exercise

Autor: Cristina Udina, Marco Inzitari, C. Cáceres, Jordi Vilaró, A. Morandi, Joan Ars
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: The Journal of Frailty & Aging
ISSN: 2260-1341
Popis: COVID-19 patients may experience disability related to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission or due to immobilization. We assessed pre-post impact on physical performance of multi-component therapeutic exercise for post-COVID-19 rehabilitation in a post-acute care facility. A 30-minute daily multicomponent therapeutic exercise intervention combined resistance, endurance and balance training. Outcomes: Short Physical Performance Battery; Barthel Index, ability to walk unassisted and single leg stance. Clinical, functional and cognitive variables were collected. We included 33 patients (66.2±12.8 years). All outcomes improved significantly in the global sample (p
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