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31-10-2022 | Long-COVID Syndrome | Editorial
What is Safe Long COVID Rehabilitation?
Authors:
Jessica DeMars, Darren A. Brown, Ippokratis Angelidis, Fiona Jones, Francis McGuire, Kelly K. O’Brien, Daria Oller, Sue Pemberton, Rachel Tarrant, Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, Douglas P. Gross
Published in:
Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
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Issue 2/2023
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Excerpt
Long COVID is a term coined and preferred by people with the condition that describes persistent effects of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) [
1]. Long COVID is known by other names including “
Post COVID-19 Condition” (World Health Organization (WHO)[
2] and “
Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19” (United States). Long COVID is estimated to affect more than 145 million people around the globe[
3] and results in wide diversity of symptoms,[
4] episodic disability,[
5] reduced quality of life,[
6] and work loss,[
7] irrespective of hospitalisation or acute disease severity [
8]. Improved understanding of appropriate health care and rehabilitation interventions to reduce the burden of Long COVID have been identified as an international research priority.[
9]. …
