Physical Therapy in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Forging a Paradigm Shift for Rehabilitation in Acute Care

Kinesiólogos frente a la pandemia de COVID-19: ¿Cuál es su rol?

“…Por último, la investigación en kinesiología es un área incipiente de gran crecimiento en los últimos años, y que ha motivado la formación continua de muchos profesionales que buscan ejercer un rol científico asociado a su área de desarrollo disciplinar. el surgimiento de esta nueva enfermedad, COVID-19, constituye una oportunidad única para mostrar y aplicar las competencias en investigación científica, debiendo existir una mirada interdisciplinaria que logre dar respuesta a estos nuevos y más complejos escenarios sanitarios 26 .…”

“…es necesario el desarrollo e implementación de programas de evaluación e intervención de pacientes con COVID-19 de manera transversal durante todo el curso clínico de la enfermedad, desde las etapas más agudas a las etapas posteriores al alta hospitalaria incluyendo programas que contemplen métodos de evaluación específicos en conjunto con intervenciones individualizadas y protocolizadas 26 .…”

Paradigm shifts are hard to come by: looking ahead of COVID-19 with the social and environmental determinants of health and the UN SDGs

“…Though there will undoubtedly be more innovation coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic as time progresses, much of what is being developed in the immediate response phase that we have seen so far can roughly be grouped into two categories: Firstly, acute and long-term treatment approaches for a previously unknown pathology [1][2][3][4][5][6]; and secondly, new approaches to the delivery of physiotherapy and physiotherapy education with a heavy focus on transitions to digital tools and telerehabiliation [7,8].…”

The underestimated and under rated role of Physiotherapists during COVID-19 in Pakistan

“…The challenges faced as acute care physical therapists during this pandemic are not new-historically, as a profession we have struggled to establish our role and value within our health systems. The positive changes seen within those systems that are actively engaging their rehabilitation departments to meet the needs of patients with COVID-19 can set the stage for a sustained paradigm shift in the roles and value of acute care physical therapy [5]. This evolution is twofold and includes: (1) maintenance of staffi ng levels needed to increase frequency and intensity of rehabilitation treatments in the acute care setting, and (2) investment in research to maximize the value of acute care physical therapy [5].…”