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ReviewThe clinical respiratory journal2024

Emerging trends in management of long COVID with a focus on pulmonary rehabilitation: A review.

Allison Y Li, Willis X Li, Jinghong Li

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Review in The clinical respiratory journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Barriers to Long COVID Care in the U.S.: An Application of Levesque et al.'s Access Framework.Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy · 2026
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  2. Understanding the Impact of Long COVID on the Lives of Thai University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Allison Y LiDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Willis X LiDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Jinghong LiDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2497-9295

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), represents a complex condition with persistent symptoms following SARS-Cov-2 infection. The symptoms include fatigue, dyspnoea, cognitive impairment, decreased quality of life in variable levels of severity. Potential mechanisms behind long COVID include vascular damage, immune dysregulation and viral persistence. Diagnosing long COVID involves medical evaluation by multidisciplinary team and assessment of persistent symptoms with scoring systems in development. Treatment strategies are symptom-focused, encompassing multidisciplinary care, rehabilitation and tailored exercise programmes. Pulmonary rehabilitation, an effective and critical component of long COVID management, has shown promise, particularly for patients with respiratory symptoms such as dyspnoea. These programmes, which combine exercise, breathing techniques, education and psychological support, improve symptoms, quality of life and overall recovery. Innovative technologies, such as telemedicine, wearable devices, telerehabilitation, are transforming long COVID management. Telemedicine facilitates consultations and interventions, eliminating healthcare access barriers. Wearable devices enable remote and continuous monitoring of patients during their rehabilitation activities. Telerehabilitation has proven to be safe and feasible and to have high potential for COVID-19 recovery. This review provides a concise overview of long COVID, encompassing its definition, prevalence, mechanisms, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and management approaches. It emphasizes the significance of multidisciplinary approach in diagnosis and treatment of long COVID, with focus on pulmonary rehabilitation and innovative technology advances to effectively address the management of long COVID.

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COVID-19Post-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeSARS-CoV-2Critical IllnessDyspneaExercise TherapyHumansQuality of LifeTelemedicinelong COVIDpulmonary rehabilitationtelerehabilitationwearable device

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PMID38775379
PMCPMC11110486

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