Valverde-Martínez María Ángeles, López-Liria Remedios, Martínez-Cal Jesús, Benzo-Iglesias María Jesús, Torres-Álamo Lucía, Rocamora-Pérez Patricia
Health Research Centre, Department of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine, University of Almería, Carretera del Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain.
Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Jan 7;11(2):187. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11020187.
The number of patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome continues to increase considerably, having serious healthcare, social and economic repercussions. The objective of this study is to describe the effectiveness of telerehabilitation to alleviate the symptoms of post-COVID-19 syndrome. A systematic review was conducted using the information available on four databases (PubMed, Medline, Scielo and PEDRo) on these patients until November 2022. The MeSH search terms were: Post-COVID syndrome, Post-COVID-19, Long COVID, Telerehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation, Virtual, Home care. Six articles were included which provided information on 140 patients, detailing their symptomatology, assessment, treatment and monitoring. The variables measured were dyspnea, fatigue, physical performance and quality of life. All studies included aerobic and anaerobic exercises. Most notable among the techniques used were rib cage expansion exercises, respiratory control and thoracic cage stretching, patient education, Mindfulness and virtual reality games to address physical, mental and relaxation aspects. The use of telerehabilitation could be an effective tool for the treatment of persistent symptoms after suffering from COVID-19. It has been shown in these studies that patients improve both their physical performance and their quality of life.
新冠后综合征患者的数量仍在大幅增加,产生了严重的医疗、社会和经济影响。本研究的目的是描述远程康复在缓解新冠后综合征症状方面的有效性。我们利用四个数据库(PubMed、Medline、Scielo和PEDRo)中截至2022年11月的可用信息,对这些患者进行了系统综述。医学主题词检索词为:新冠后综合征、新冠后、长期新冠、远程康复、物理治疗、康复、虚拟、居家护理。纳入了六篇文章,这些文章提供了140名患者的信息,详细介绍了他们的症状、评估、治疗和监测情况。所测量的变量包括呼吸困难、疲劳、身体机能和生活质量。所有研究均包括有氧运动和无氧运动。其中使用的最显著技术包括胸廓扩张运动、呼吸控制和胸廓伸展、患者教育、正念以及用于解决身体、心理和放松方面问题的虚拟现实游戏。远程康复的使用可能是治疗新冠后持续症状的有效工具。这些研究表明,患者的身体机能和生活质量均有所改善。