European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
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Eur J Phys Rehabil Med · Dec 2020
Case ReportsEarly rehabilitation in a critically ill inpatient with COVID-19.
Survivors of critical coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) suffer from severe physical functional disability. Recent reports from several countries suggest that rehabilitative intervention is needed to improve physical functional decline in the challenging situation of COVID-19. ⋯ As COVID-19 tends to progress rapidly in the acute phase, early rehabilitation is necessary, despite challenges to its implementation. Feasible inpatient rehabilitation for patients with critical COVID-19 will pave the way to improve physical functional disability.
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Eur J Phys Rehabil Med · Dec 2020
Multicenter StudyGerman translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire: a cohort study.
The Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) was developed to measure the health status of patients with various musculoskeletal conditions across multiple settings including rehabilitation. ⋯ The results demonstrate that the MSK-HQ
G has sufficient psychometric properties for use in musculoskeletal research and practice. However, the SDC should be kept in mind when using the tool for individual patients. The MSK-HQG has the advantage of being a single instrument that can measure musculoskeletal health status across different pain sites, reducing the burden from the use of multiple tools. -
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med · Dec 2020
Rehabilitation and COVID-19: the Cochrane Rehabilitation 2020 rapid living systematic review. Update as of August 31st, 2020.
A monthly systematic review update is carried out to maintain the currency of scientific literature on rehabilitation of patients with COVID-19 and/or describing consequences due to the disease and its treatment, as they relate to limitations in functioning of rehabilitation interest. The aim of this study was to provide an updated summary of the available evidence published in August 2020. ⋯ The scientific literature of August 2020 mainly focused on limitations in functioning of nervous system structure and related functions. Albeit the increased availability of data from analytical studies (both cohort and cross-sectional), there is still a lack of well-conducted Level 2 studies, to improve the knowledge on the effects of rehabilitation in COVID-19 patients.