Rehabilitative practice in Europe: Roles and competencies of physiotherapists. Are we learning something new from COVID-19 pandemic?

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Continuity of Care and Disability, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
• ² Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy; Associazione Riabilitatori dell'Insufficienza Respiratoria, Spinal Unit, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
• ³ CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research and Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences (MEDCIDS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
• ⁴ ICS Maugeri, IRRCS Lumezzane, Brescia, Italy.
• ⁵ Surgical, Medical and Dental Department of Morphological Sciences Related to Transplants Oncology and Regenerative Medicine CHIMOMO, University of Modena Reggio-Emilia, Modena, Italy.
• ⁶ University Hospital of Modena Policlinico, Respiratory Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences SMECHIMAI, University of Modena Reggio-Emilia, Modena, Italy. Electronic address: enrico.clini@unimore.it.
• ⁷ Lab3R - Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation Laboratory, School of Health Sciences, Portugal; iBiMED - Institute of Biomedicine, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.