Post-Acute Physical Therapy for a Patient With Critical Illness Associated With COVID-19: A Case Report

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-30-2021

Publication Title

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

First page number:

1

Last page number:

7

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to bring a surge of survivors in need of post-acute rehabilitation. Preliminary research and clinical guidelines suggest patients recovering from critical illness associated with COVID-19 will present compromised function similar to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and ICU-acquired weakness (ICUAW). However, information regarding physical therapy and progressions of physiological and functional outcomes is currently limited. This case report describes the course of recovery of a patient without significant preexisting medical conditions.

Keywords

COVID-19; Dyspnea; Respiratory disease; Exercise tolerance

Disciplines

Physical Therapy | Virus Diseases

Language

English

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