An Improvised Pulmonary Telerehabilitation Program for Postacute COVID-19 Patients Would Be Feasible and Acceptable in a Low-Resource Setting

Bickton, Fanuel; Chisati, Enock; Rylance, Jamie; Morton, Ben

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“…Twenty-eight (23.3%) articles were regarding management options: 13 rehabilitation care [ 22 , 28 , 45 , 59 , 60 , 71 , 94 , 115 , 119 , 123 , 129 – 131 ], 5 general care [ 26 , 47 , 57 , 105 , 132 ], 1 designed and validated a psychometric tool for assessing mental health consequences of Long COVID [ 42 ], and 1 was about “how to return back to the pre-morbidity activity level” [ 63 ], and 8 articles were on more comprehensive “multidisciplinary-care” of long COVID patients [ 84 , 90 , 98 , 107 , 128 , 133 – 135 ].…”

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Long COVID, a comprehensive systematic scoping review

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Purpose To find out what is known from literature about Long COVID until January 30, 2021. Methods We undertook a four-step search with no language restriction. A preliminary search was made to identify the keywords. A search strategy of all electronic databases resulted in 66 eligible studies. A forward and backward search of the references and citations resulted in additional 54 publications. Non-English language articles were translated using Google Translate. We conducted our scoping review based on the PRISMA-ScR Checklist. Results Of 120 papers, we found only one randomized clinical trial. Of the 67 original studies, 22 were cohort, and 28 were cross-sectional studies. Of the total 120 publications, 49.1% focused on signs and symptoms, 23.3% on management, and 10.8% on pathophysiology. Ten publications focused on imaging studies. The results are also presented extensively in a narrative synthesis in separated sections (nomenclature, diagnosis, pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, management). Conclusions The controversies in its definition have impaired proper recognition and management. The predominant symptoms were: fatigue, breathlessness, arthralgia, sleep difficulties, and chest pain. Recent reports also point to the risk of long-term sequela with cutaneous, respiratory, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, mental health, neurologic, and renal involvement in those who survive the acute phase of the illness. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s15010-021-01666-x.

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“…There were 7 original studies on rehabilitation as the cornerstone management of Long COVID: 3 from Italy [ 28 , 45 , 71 ], 2 from China [ 59 , 60 ], 1 from Austria [ 22 ], and 1 from Malawi [ 115 ].…”

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Long COVID, a comprehensive systematic scoping review

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“…Nine studies were included ( Supplementary Figure 1 ) [ [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] ] and study characteristics are summarized in Table 1 . Most studies were case reports or pilot (n = 5) or controlled before and after (n = 3); only 1 randomized controlled trial (RCT) was included.…”

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The effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation for Post-COVID symptoms: A rapid review of the literature

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Lam

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Respiratory Medicine

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“…However, few studies have assessed whether telerehabilitation for COVID-19 patients is an effective tool. In [20,21], telerehabilitation programs consist of home exercises for aerobic reconditioning, muscle strengthening, and healthy lifestyle education. The physiotherapist (PT) contacts the patient via video call via a dedicated platform to monitor progress.…”

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Biopotential Signal Monitoring Systems in Rehabilitation: A Review

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Calabrese

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Monitoring physical activity in medical and clinical rehabilitation, in sports environments or as a wellness indicator is helpful to measure, analyze and evaluate physiological parameters involving the correct subject’s movements. Thanks to integrated circuit (IC) technologies, wearable sensors and portable devices have expanded rapidly in monitoring physical activities in sports and tele-rehabilitation. Therefore, sensors and signal acquisition devices became essential in the tele-rehabilitation path to obtain accurate and reliable information by analyzing the acquired physiological signals. In this context, this paper provides a state-of-the-art review of the recent advances in electroencephalogram (EEG), electrocardiogram (ECG) and electromyogram (EMG) signal monitoring systems and sensors that are relevant to the field of tele-rehabilitation and health monitoring. Mostly, we focused our contribution in EMG signals to highlight its importance in rehabilitation context applications. This review focuses on analyzing the implementation of sensors and biomedical applications both in literature than in commerce. Moreover, a final review discussion about the analyzed solutions is also reported at the end of this paper to highlight the advantages of physiological monitoring systems in rehabilitation and individuate future advancements in this direction. The main contributions of this paper are (i) the presentation of interesting works in the biomedical area, mainly focusing on sensors and systems for physical rehabilitation and health monitoring between 2016 and up-to-date, and (ii) the indication of the main types of commercial sensors currently being used for biomedical applications.

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An Improvised Pulmonary Telerehabilitation Program for Postacute COVID-19 Patients Would Be Feasible and Acceptable in a Low-Resource Setting

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Cited by 22 publications

References 19 publications

Long COVID, a comprehensive systematic scoping review

Long COVID, a comprehensive systematic scoping review

The effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation for Post-COVID symptoms: A rapid review of the literature

Biopotential Signal Monitoring Systems in Rehabilitation: A Review

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