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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2025

Lesson from COVID-19-Adapting Respiratory Rehabilitation Through Early Multidisciplinary Care: An Opinion Paper from Retrospective Data.

Federica Bellone, Adriana Tisano, Giulia Leonardi, Daniela Amato, Daniele Borzelli, Giuseppe Santoro, Angelo Alito, Francesca Cucinotta, Simona Portaro

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Federica BelloneDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0467-4921
Adriana TisanoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6550-9543
Giulia LeonardiPhysical Rehabilitation Medicine Department, University Hospital A.O.U. "G. Martino", 98124 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9532-0220
Daniela AmatoPhysical Rehabilitation Medicine Department, University Hospital A.O.U. "G. Martino", 98124 Messina, Italy.
Daniele BorzelliDepartment of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9456-0177
Giuseppe SantoroDepartment of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8579-7770
Angelo AlitoDepartment of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6609-579X
Francesca CucinottaIRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, 98124 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8477-7826
Simona PortaroPhysical Rehabilitation Medicine Department, University Hospital A.O.U. "G. Martino", 98124 Messina, Italy.

Funding

Italy Ministry of Health Current Research Funds 2025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly challenged healthcare systems worldwide, highlighting the critical role of early and multidisciplinary rehabilitation interventions. There remains uncertainty about whether these rehabilitation principles developed in response to COVID-19 can be effectively generalized to chronic respiratory diseases. This opinion paper evaluates retrospective data from early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic to propose a comprehensive early multidisciplinary rehabilitation model, potentially applicable across various chronic respiratory conditions. We retrospectively analyzed data from 62 COVID-19 patients hospitalized at the University Hospital of Messina, Italy, between March and June 2020. The patients underwent structured multidisciplinary rehabilitation sessions initiated upon achieving clinical stability. Functional improvements were assessed weekly using the Barthel Index (BI). Significant correlations were observed between initial BI scores and functional improvements at discharge (

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Barthel Indexchronic respiratory diseasesCOVID-19early rehabilitationfunctional assessmentmultidisciplinary care

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PMCPMC12156340

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