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ReviewFrontiers in medicine2020

Safety and Efficacy of Chest Physiotherapy in Patients With COVID-19: A Critical Review.

Auwal Abdullahi

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Review in Frontiers in medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05077943 (The Effect of Home-based Breathing and Chest Mobilisation Exercise on Cardiorespiratory Functional Capacity of Covid-19 Survivor With Cardiovascular Comorbidity), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05077943 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of Home-based Breathing and Chest Mobilisation Exercise on Cardiorespiratory Functional Capacity of Covid-19 Survivor With Cardiovascular Comorbidity

TypeinterventionalSponsorNational Cardiovascular Center Harapan Kita Hospital IndonesiaRan2021 to 2023Enrolled46ConditionsCovid19, Breathing Exercise, Cardiovascular DiseasesArmsBreathing and chest mobilization exercises, Second phase cardiac rehabilitation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Providing rehabilitation to patients recovering from COVID-19: A scoping review.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Auwal AbdullahiDepartment of Physiotherapy, Bayero University Kano, Kano, Nigeria.
University of Antwerp · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present global pandemic of COVID-19 has brought the whole world to a standstill, causing morbidity, death, and changes in personal roles. The more common causes of morbidity and death in these patients include pneumonia and respiratory failure, which cause the patients to require artificial ventilation and other techniques that can improve respiratory function. One of these techniques is chest physiotherapy, and this has been shown to improve gas exchange, reverse pathological progression, and reduce or avoid the need for artificial ventilation when it is provided very early in other respiratory conditions. For patients with COVID-19, there is limited evidence on its effect, especially in the acute stage and in patients on ventilators. In contrast, in patients after discharge, chest physiotherapy in the form of respiratory muscle training, cough exercise, diaphragmatic training, stretching exercise, and home exercise have resulted in improved FEV1 (L), FVC (L), FEV1/FVC%, diffusing lung capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO%), endurance, and quality of life, and a reduction in anxiety and depression symptoms. However, there are still controversies on whether chest physiotherapy can disperse aerosols and accelerate the rate of spread of the infection, especially since COVID-19 is highly contagious. While some authors believe it is possible, others believe the aerosol generated by chest physiotherapy is not within respirable range. Therefore, measures such as the use of surgical masks, tele-rehabilitation, and self-management tools can be used to limit cross-infection.

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COVID-19critical caremortalityphysiotherapypneumoniaventilator

Identifiers

PMID32793618
PMCPMC7385182
OpenAlexW3044320887

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