The importance of muscular disbalance for the development of the system of therapeutic physical exercises to treat the patients presenting with pneumonia

Early Outpatient Tele-rehabilitation Improves Functional Outcomes in Patients Following Hospitalization for COVID-19: A Case Series

“…It is well known that movement balanced with rest, position changes, and breathing exercises can help decrease the risk of development of pneumonia secondary to respiratory viruses [7][8][9]. Many patients with severe cases of COVID-19 experience prolonged hospitalization, ventilation, and proning which can cause post-ICU dysphagia, muscle weakness, myopathy, neuropathy, pain, difficulty standing, impaired balance, gait impairments, and significant limitations in activities of daily living.11 Early data about COVID-19 indicates that sarcopenia and post-ICU debilitation are both common and significant causes of morbidity, and that scarring of the lungs can lead to significant future limitations in lung capacity and respiratory muscle strength [1,2].…”