Rehabilitation and COVID-19: the Cochrane Rehabilitation 2020 rapid living systematic review. Update as of August 31st, 2020

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Impact of COVID‐19 on the mental health in a cohort of Italian rehabilitation healthcare workers

“…5 One of the main causes of this failure was the lack of specialized workers and structures, particularly intensive care units and in the rehabilitation units overloaded by the recent pandemic due to the growing rehabilitation needs of COVID‐19 patients. 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 …”

COVID‐19 related fatigue: Which role for rehabilitation in post‐COVID‐19 patients? A case series

“…1 COVID-19 patients suffering from dyspnoea need an adequate early respiratory and neuromotor rehabilitation needs for reducing length of stay and preventing late consequences; thus, an early patient-tailored rehabilitation plan has a key role in the postintensive care unit (ICU) phase to improve functional outcome in COVID-19 patients. 2 Albeit the growing interest of the scientific community on long-term disease sequelae, 3,4 as reported by the last rapid living systematic review updated to August 2020 published by Cochrane Rehabilitation Field, 5 there is still a lack of evidence on COVID-19 related fatigue and other late consequences in post-COVID-19 patients after their discharge from specialized units. 6,7 Indeed, to the best of our knowledge, at the moment of this writing (November 7th, 2020), no studies were performed to evaluate the effects of rehabilitation on reducing fatigue in post-COVID-19 patients, although new therapeutic strategies have been testes for COVID-19 free patients with musculoskeletal disability.…”

Chelsea physical assessment tool for evaluating functioning in post‐intensive care unit COVID‐19 patients

“…2 However, as showed by a series of rapid living systematic reviews conducted by Cochrane Rehabilitation Field, the evidence on the type of outcome measures for limitations and functioning is still scarce. 4 Post-ICU COVID-19 patients could suffer from severe disabilities, firstly dyspnea during the activities of daily living and difficulty in walking and require an adequate pulmonary rehabilitation [5][6][7] ; however, the most severe cases require assisted ventilation, thereby limiting the ability to administer the common assessment tests to evaluate functional status.…”