Swarnakar R, Yadav SL. Rehabilitation in long COVID-19: A mini-review. World J Methodol 2022; 12(4): 235-245 [PMID: 36159093 DOI: 10.5662/wjm.v12.i4.235]
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Raktim Swarnakar, MBBS, MD, Doctor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, Delhi, India. raktimswarnakar@hotmail.com
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Rehabilitation
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World J Methodol. Jul 20, 2022; 12(4): 235-245 Published online Jul 20, 2022. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v12.i4.235
Rehabilitation in long COVID-19: A mini-review
Raktim Swarnakar, Shiv Lal Yadav
Raktim Swarnakar, Shiv Lal Yadav, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, Delhi, India
Author contributions: Swarnakar R contributed to conception and design; Swarnakar R and Yadav SL contributed to literature search and writing.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Raktim Swarnakar, MBBS, MD, Doctor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, Delhi, India. raktimswarnakar@hotmail.com
Received: February 27, 2022 Peer-review started: February 27, 2022 First decision: April 13, 2022 Revised: May 7, 2022 Accepted: July 11, 2022 Article in press: July 11, 2022 Published online: July 20, 2022 Processing time: 142 Days and 15.4 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted negatively on multiple systems of our body, among them the pulmonary system is the most pronounced. The cardiac, nervous, and musculoskeletal systems are also involved. Post-COVID-19 especially post-intensive care unit or post mechanical ventilation and long-COVID-19 can cause significant functional loss and disability. Rehabilitation has an immense role to bring back the achievable functional status of COVID-19 patients. Multidisciplinary COVID-19 rehabilitation clinics are essential to address the demand. The equitable distribution of COVID-19 rehabilitation services for differently-abled individuals during the pandemic is an important aspect. Rehabilitation needs identification and further studies on various rehabilitation interventions are among the key unmet future research needs.
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Swarnakar R, Yadav SL. Rehabilitation in long COVID-19: A mini-review. World J Methodol 2022; 12(4): 235-245 [PMID: 36159093 DOI: 10.5662/wjm.v12.i4.235]
