Rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire healthcare system, from emergency care, intensive care units, internal medicine wards, outpatient care to home care. The pandemic continues and brings a large number of patients with COVID-19-associated postintensive care syndrome suffering from physical, mental and cognitive impairments that threaten their return to normal life. The complexity and severity of illness in patients recovering from severe COVID-19 requires a coordinated and systematic approach to be applied as early as possible during the recovery phase. Considering the multiorgan dysfunction, debility, pulmonary, neurological, neuromuscular and cognitive complications, rehabilitation professionals can play an important role in the recovery process for individuals with COVID-19. Complications of COVID-19 can be reduced by (1) multidisciplinary rehabilitation, which begins early and continues throughout the hospital stay; (2) providing patient/family education for self-care after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation, and (3) continuing rehabilitation care in the outpatient setting, and at home either in person or with the help of telerehabilitation.

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Aleksandr S. Golota

Saint-Petersburg City Hospital No 40 of Kurortny District

Author for correspondence.
Email: golotaa@yahoo.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5632-3963
SPIN-code: 7234-7870

MD, PhD, Associate Professor

Russian Federation, 9B, Borisova st., Sestroretsk, Saint Petersburg, 197706

Тatyana A. Kamilova

Saint-Petersburg City Hospital No 40 of Kurortny District

Email: kamilovaspb@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6360-132X
SPIN-code: 2922-4404

PhD

Russian Federation, 9B, Borisova st., Sestroretsk, Saint Petersburg, 197706

Stanislav V. Makarenko

Saint-Petersburg City Hospital No 40 of Kurortny District; Saint-Petersburg State University

Email: st.makarenko@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1595-6668
SPIN-code: 8114-3984

MD, Assistant Lecturer

Russian Federation, 9B, Borisova st., Sestroretsk, Saint Petersburg, 197706; Saint Petersburg

Andrey M. Sarana

Saint-Petersburg State University; Health Committee of Saint Petersburg

Email: asarana@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3198-8990
SPIN-code: 7922-2751

MD, PhD, Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg; Saint Petersburg

Sergey G. Sсherbak

Saint-Petersburg City Hospital No 40 of Kurortny District; Saint-Petersburg State University

Email: b40@zdrav.spb.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5047-2792
SPIN-code: 1537-9822

MD, PhD, Professor, Dr. Sci. (Med.)

Russian Federation, 9B, Borisova st., Sestroretsk, Saint Petersburg, 197706; Saint Petersburg

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