“…According to Dantas et al (DANTAS et al, 2020), on average half of the patients after one week have dyspnea and, in severe cases, can progress rapidly to acute respiratory distress syndrome and septic shock. Thus, with the current global outbreak of given the aggressiveness that the virus acts on the human body, there is a huge demand for the resources and support of the Intensive Care Units (ICU), generating a saturation of health systems in the region with relatively short time (NORONHA et al, 2020). In addition, only a stay in the ICU causes negative consequences, such as the occurrence of long-term disability and potential functional decline, leading to a weakness, which appears in a diffuse and symmetrical way, affecting the appendicular and axial skeletal striated muscles (FERREIRA; VANDERLEI; VALENTI, 2014).…”