Still Many Questions But a Few More Answers: Long COVID and Pulmonary Rehab

LungFIT: Pulmonary Rehab Podcast

In this episode, I revisit the topic of COVID19 and pulmonary rehab, with a focus on rehab for patients with Long COVID. I mention a number of resources and papers, listed below:

1. Perumal R, Shunmugam L, Naidoo K et al. Long COVID: a review and proposed visualization of the complexity of long COVID. Front Immunol 2023; 14: 1117464. Accessed July 4, 2023 at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10157068/

2. Journal of Health Economics and Outcomes Research Blog. Economic Effects of Long COVID Even Larger Than We Thought. Published December 13, 2022. Accessed July 4, 2023 at https://jheor.org/post/1746-economic-effects-of-long-covid-even-larger-than-we-thought

3. Barker-Davies RM, O’Sullivan O, Pumi Prathima Senaratne K, et al. The Stanford Hall consensus statement for post-COVID-19 rehabilitation. Br J Sports Med 2020; 949-59. Accessed July 4, 2023 at https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/54/16/949.full.pdf

4. Cochrane Rehabilitation. REH-COVER – Rapid Living Systematic Reviews. Accessed July 4, 2023 at https://rehabilitation.cochrane.org/covid-19/reh-cover-rapid-living-systematic-reviews

5. Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Rehabilitation for Clients with Post COVID-19 Condition (Long COVID). Guidance for Canadian Rehabilitation and Exercise Professionals. Accessed July 4, 2023 at https://physiotherapy.ca/app/uploads/2022/08/long_covid_en-final-rev2.pdf

6. World Health Organization. Clinical Management of COVID19: living guideline. V6.0. Accessed July 4, 2023 at https://app.magicapp.org/#/guideline/j1WBYn/section/j7A12z

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