Rehabilitation is important for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Given the lack of guidelines in English on the rehabilitation of these patients, we conducted a review of the most recent reports. We performed this literature review using the principal research databases and included randomized trials, recommendations, quasi-randomized or prospective controlled clinical trials, reports, guidelines, field updates, and letters to the editor. We identified 107 studies in the database search, among which 85 were excluded after screening the full text or abstract. In total, 22 studies were finally included. The complexity of the clinical setting and the speed of spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which leads to rapid occupation of beds in the intensive care unit, make it necessary to discharge patients with COVID-19 who have mild symptoms as soon as possible. For these reasons, it is necessary to formulate rehabilitation programs for these patients, to help them restore physical and respiratory function and to reduce anxiety and depression, particularly patients with comorbidities and those who live alone or in rural settings, to restore a good quality of life.
Objective. To investigate RCTs that reported the effects of Radial ShockWave Therapy (RSWT) versus traditional physiotherapy on pain, shoulder articular function and quality of life of patients suffering by tendinopathy of the shoulder. Data sources. Studies were comprehensively searched, without language restrictions, on PubMed, Embase, PEdro, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, the Cochrane. Possible studies from reference lists of articles and review were cross-checked. Study selection. Randomized controlled trials from 2006 to present were included. Two reviewers conducted the selection independently. Data extraction. Two reviewers assessed the quality of data. Disagreements in extraction were settled by consulting a third and fourth reviewers to reach a consensus. Data synthesis. Five studies with 475 participants were included in the network meta-analysis that used a random-effect model to investigate the mean difference of pooled effect sizes of the visual analog scale, Constant-Murley score combined with UCLA, and SPADI score. Conclusions. Compared to control groups, RSWT resulted an improvement in pain-0.24 (95% CI:-0.43 to-0.05 Z=2.45 p<0.05), an increase of Constant/UCLA score 4.72 (95% CI: 4.03 to 5.4 Z=13.5 p<0.05) and a decrease in SPADI scale-6.76 (95% CI:-13.3 to-0.48 Z=2.11 p<0.05). Despite the small number of the studies, seems that RSWT can be more effective in pain, shoulder articular function and quality of life of patients with tendinopathy of the shoulder.
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