Physikalische Medizin, Rehabilitationsmedizin, Kurortmedizin 2020; 30(03): 129-134
DOI: 10.1055/a-1162-4919
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Early Rehabilitation in COVID-19 – Best Practice Recommendations for the Early Rehabilitation of COVID-19 Patients

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Max Emanuel Liebl
1   Arbeitsbereich Physikalische Medizin und Rehabilitation, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin
,
Christoph Gutenbrunner
2   Klinik für Rehabilitationsmedizin, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover
,
Jean Jacques Glaesener
3   Rehabilitationsmedizin, ifi – Institut für Interdisziplinäre Medizin, Hamburg
,
Susanne Schwarzkopf
4   Zentrum für ambulante Rehabilitation, ZAR Erding, Nuernberg
5   Klinikum Nürnberg, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Nürnberg
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6   Institut für Physiotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena
7   Posture and Motion Group, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena
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Gabriele Lichti
8   Zentrum für Physikalische und Rehabilitative Medizin, Klinikum Bad Salzungen, Bad Salzungen
,
Eduard Kraft
9   Klinik für Orthopädie, Physikalische Medizin und Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich
,
Gert Krischak
10   Institut für Rehabilitationsmedizinische Forschung, Universität Ulm, Ulm
11   Abt. Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Federseeklinik Bad Buchau, Bad Buchau
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Anett Reißhauer
1   Arbeitsbereich Physikalische Medizin und Rehabilitation, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin
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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic poses new challenges to physical medicine, physiotherapy, and acute care rehabilitation in rehabilitation clinics as well as in hospitals. We have to assume that COVID-19 patients may need early mobilization and acute care rehabilitation, despite of a possible scarcity of suitable facilities or services. It is the aim of this article to provide conceptual suggestions for the early rehabilitation of COVID-19, combining the existing experience in the acute care rehabilitation of patients with respiratory infections with the currently available sources and experience. These recommendations comprise a checklist of logistical and organisational preparations, aspects of infectivity and personal protective equipment, adjustment of the patients’ surroundings, interprofessional team work and co-therapy, respiratory therapy, mobilisation, activating care, ADL training, training intensity, and psychosocial management.



Publication History

Received: 20 April 2020

Accepted: 21 April 2020

Article published online:
05 May 2020

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