ArticleInternational journal of clinical practice2021
Musculoskeletal symptoms and related factors in postacute COVID-19 patients.
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- Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life and Biomarkers in Long COVID: A 12-Month Longitudinal Feasibility Cohort.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Efficacy of structured exercise & relaxation techniques in managing post-COVID paraspinal myalgia in manual labourers of Belagavi, Karnataka: A quasi-experimental study.The Indian journal of medical research · 2025Article
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- Early Effects of a Pain-Informed Movement Program in Patients with Post-COVID-19 Condition Experiencing Persistent Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Advance in the mechanism and clinical research of myalgia in long COVID.American journal of clinical and experimental immunology · 2024Review
- Unveiling the Clinical Spectrum of Post-COVID-19 Conditions: Assessment and Recommended Strategies.Cureus · 2024Review
- Exacerbation of Pre-Existing Chronic Pain in Older Adults After SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Single-Center, Cross-Sectional, Observational Study.Journal of pain research · 2024Article
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- Serological Biomarkers at Hospital Admission and Hospitalization Treatments Are Not Related to Sensitization-Associated Symptoms in Patients with Post-COVID Pain.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Post-COVID Patients With New-Onset Chronic Pain 2 Years After Infection: Cross-Sectional Study.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2023Article
- Musculoskeletal pain during and after SARS-CoV-2 infection and healthcare utilization: a cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Post-Acute COVID-19 Joint Pain and New Onset of Rheumatic Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Vaccine hesitancy in patients with COVID-19 who have back pain.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2023Article
- Musculoskeletal involvement: COVID-19 and post COVID 19.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2023Review
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Abstract
aimThere is a lack of an overview of the factors associated with postacute COVID-19 musculoskeletal symptoms. The aims of this study were as follows: 1- to evaluate the most frequent admission symptoms and the frequency of musculoskeletal symptoms in postacute COVID-19 patients; and 2- to determine the related factors with the postacute COVID-19 musculoskeletal symptoms.
methodsA total of 280 postacute COVID-19 patients (183 females, 97 males) were enrolled and divided into two groups: 1- patients whose musculoskeletal symptoms initiated with or were aggravated by COVID-19 (n = 240); and 2- patients whose musculoskeletal symptoms did not change with COVID-19 (n = 40). The variables were demographic and treatment data, symptoms on admission, postacute COVID-19 symptoms, laboratory results (complete blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, ferritin and d-dimer), chest computed tomography findings and symptoms during acute COVID-19.
resultsMost of the patients have fatigue (71.8%), spine pain (70.7%) and myalgia (60.7%). The most common pain region was the back (30.4%). The frequency of dyspnoea was 30%, cough 18.5% and chest pain 10.7%. Having any chronic disease (P = .031), the duration of hospital stay (P = .016), frequency of back pain during acute COVID-19 (P = .018), tomography findings and d-dimer (P = .035) levels were significantly higher, and lymphocyte (P = .024) levels were significantly lower in the patients whose symptoms began with or were aggravated by COVID-19.
conclusionBack pain was the most frequent symptom on admission. The most common postacute COVID-19 musculoskeletal symptoms were fatigue, spine pain and myalgia. Lower lymphocyte and higher d-dimer levels, the presence of COVID-19 findings in tomography and back pain during acute COVID-19 infection, higher duration of hospital stay and having chronic diseases were related to post-COVID-19 musculoskeletal symptoms.
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