Long COVID – respiratory symptoms in non-hospitalised subjects – a cross-sectional study.
The aim of this study was to describe and analyse the variety of respiratory appearances in Long COVID subjects who were not hospitalised during the acute phase of the infection. A consecutive series of 60 subjects participated x ¯ 10.8 months (SD 4.5) after the acute phase of the infection. Respira...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Physiotherapy Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 283 - 291 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2023
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