"The complexity of what to do" – clinical perspectives of tailored physiotherapy interventions in patients with respiratory symptoms in post-COVID condition.
Purpose: Knowledge gaps exist regarding the effects of interventions due to continuing respiratory symptoms in patients with post-COVID condition. The aim of the present study was to present the clinical outcomes of individualised treatments for patients with remaining respiratory symptoms due to po...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Physiotherapy Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 293 - 300 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=188497050&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 188497050 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 21679169 FSGO jtl: European Journal of Physiotherapy issn: 21679169 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2025 vid: 27 iid: 5 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 188497050 180442881 188497050 188497050 10.1080/21679169.2024.2419051 188497050 ppf: 293 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: "The complexity of what to do" – clinical perspectives of tailored physiotherapy interventions in patients with respiratory symptoms in post-COVID condition. aug: au: Fagevik Olsén, Monika Lannefors, Louise Johansson, Ewa-Lena Sinderholm Sposato, Niklas Nygren-Bonnier, Malin Danielsbacka, Jenny affil: Department of Health and Rehabilitation/Physiotherapy, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden sug: subj: Physical Therapy COVID-19 Complications Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory Rehabilitation Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome Rehabilitation Outcomes (Health Care) Individualized Medicine Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome Etiology Human Adult Middle Age Prospective Studies Respiratory Rate Physical Mobility Cough Respiratory Muscles Physiology Treatment Duration Muscle Strength Treatment Outcomes Breathing Exercises Data Analysis Software Descriptive Statistics Mann-Whitney U Test Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years ab: Purpose: Knowledge gaps exist regarding the effects of interventions due to continuing respiratory symptoms in patients with post-COVID condition. The aim of the present study was to present the clinical outcomes of individualised treatments for patients with remaining respiratory symptoms due to post-COVID condition. Methods: This prospective longitudinal study included a consecutive series of 57 patients with remaining respiratory post-COVID symptoms. Breathing pattern, thoracic pain/mobility, occurrence of cough, and respiratory muscle strength were assessed before and after the administration of individually tailored physiotherapy interventions. Results: The median treatment duration was 3 months (range 1–36 months). Dysfunctional breathing pattern was the most common symptom (n = 55/57) at inclusion. After treatment, 95% of patients had a normalised or improved breathing pattern (p < 0.001). The treatments for pain, productive and unproductive cough, and respiratory muscle strength resulted in significantly improved symptoms (p < 0.01). With other targeted treatments, inspiratory muscle strength improved by 20 cmH2O and expiratory muscle strength by 11 cmH2O (both p < 0.001). Conclusions: This study indicates positive outcomes of physiotherapy treatment based on the patient's symptomatology and test results. Therefore, individualised physiotherapy treatment of post-COVID conditions may have an impact on recovery. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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