The role of physical and rehabilitation medicine in the COVID-19 pandemic: The clinician's view

Stefano Carda; Marco Invernizzi; Ganesh Bavikatte; Djamel Bensmaïl; Francesca Bianchi; Thierry Deltombe; Nathalie Draulans; Alberto Esquenazi; Gerard E Francisco; Raphaël Gross; Luis Jorge Jacinto; Susana Moraleda Pérez; Michael W O'Dell; Rajiv Reebye; Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez; Jörg Wissel; Franco Molteni

doi:10.1016/j.rehab.2020.04.001

The role of physical and rehabilitation medicine in the COVID-19 pandemic: The clinician's view

Ann Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Nov;63(6):554-556. doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2020.04.001. Epub 2020 Apr 18.

Authors

Stefano Carda¹, Marco Invernizzi², Ganesh Bavikatte³, Djamel Bensmaïl⁴, Francesca Bianchi⁵, Thierry Deltombe⁶, Nathalie Draulans⁷, Alberto Esquenazi⁸, Gerard E Francisco⁹, Raphaël Gross¹⁰, Luis Jorge Jacinto¹¹, Susana Moraleda Pérez¹², Michael W O'Dell¹³, Rajiv Reebye¹⁴, Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez¹⁵, Jörg Wissel¹⁶, Franco Molteni¹⁷

Affiliations

¹ Service of Neuropsychology and Neurorehabilitation, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: stefano.carda@chuv.ch.
² University of Eastern Piedmont, Department of Health Sciences, 28100 Novara, Italy.
³ Neurorehabilitation Medicine, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, L9 7LJ United Kingdom.
⁴ Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Department, R.-Pointcaré Hospital, AP-HP Université Paris-Saclay, Team INSERM 1179, UFR de Santé Simone-Veil, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, Paris, France.
⁵ Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute Milan, Italy.
⁶ Service de Médecine Physique & Réadaptation, CHU UCL Namur site Godinne, 5530 Yvoir, Belgium.
⁷ Libra Revalidatie & Audiologie, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, MossRehab Gait and Motion Analysis Lab, Elkins Park, PA, USA.
⁹ Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, UTHealth McGovern Medical School, and TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
¹⁰ Service de MPR Neurologique, CHU de Nantes, Hôpital Saint-Jacques, 44093 Nantes cedex, France; EA 43334 laboratoire Motricité, Interactions, Performance-UFR STAPS Nantes, 44300 Nantes, France.
¹¹ Serviço de Reabilitação de Adultos 3, Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação de Alcoitão, Alcabideche, Portugal.
¹² Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department, La Paz University Hopital, Madrid, Spain.
¹³ New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill-Cornell Medical Centre, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁴ Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
¹⁵ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Joe-R.-and-Teresa-Lozano Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
¹⁶ Neurological Rehabilitation & Physical Therapy, Department of Neurology with Stroke Unit, Vivantes Hospital Spandau, 13585 Berlin, Germany.
¹⁷ Valduce Hospital, Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Centre, Costamasnaga (LC), Italy.

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / complications*
COVID-19 / physiopathology
COVID-19 / rehabilitation*
Central Nervous System Diseases / rehabilitation
Central Nervous System Diseases / virology
Deglutition Disorders / etiology
Deglutition Disorders / rehabilitation
Exercise Tolerance
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal / adverse effects
Mental Disorders / rehabilitation
Mental Disorders / virology
Physical Fitness
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine* / organization & administration
Respiratory Tract Diseases / rehabilitation
Respiratory Tract Diseases / virology
SARS-CoV-2

Grants and funding

KL2 TR003168/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States