Rehabilitative interventions in patients with persistent post COVID-19 symptoms-a review of recent advances and future perspectives

© 2023. The Author(s)..

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has not only caused millions of deaths but left also millions of people with persistent symptoms behind. These long-term COVID-19 sequelae cause a considerable burden on individuals´ health, healthcare systems, and economies worldwide given the high rate of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Therefore, rehabilitative interventions and strategies are needed to counteract the post COVID-19 sequelae. The importance of rehabilitation for patients with persistent COVID-19 symptoms has been recently also highlighted in a Call for Action by the World Health Organisation. Based on previously published research, but also in line with clinical experience, COVID-19 is not one specific disease but rather presents in different phenotypes that vary in their pathophysiological mechanisms, symptomatic manifestations, and potential interventional approaches. This review provides a proposal for differentiating post COVID-19 patients in non-organ-specific phenotypes that may help clinicians to evaluate patients and to plan therapeutic options. Furthermore, we present current unmet needs and suggest a potential pathway for a specific rehabilitation approach in people with persistent post-COVID symptoms.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Enthalten in:

European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - (2023) vom: 16. Juni

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gloeckl, Rainer [VerfasserIn]
Leitl, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Schneeberger, Tessa [VerfasserIn]
Jarosch, Inga [VerfasserIn]
Koczulla, Andreas Rembert [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Long-COVID
Rehabilitation
Review
SARS-CoV-2
Therapy
Treatment

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Date Revised 16.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1007/s00406-023-01631-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358282780