Primary Care Physical Therapy and Exercise Therapy for People With Persistent Complaints After a SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Secondary Analysis of the ParaCov Prospective Cohort Study
This article provides insight into real-world physical therapy in patients experiencing persistent complaints after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Additionally, insight into their recovery is provided, showing that patients improve significantly and clinically important on self-reported functioning, 6-min walk test, and sit-to-stand performance.
Authors
- Marissa H. G. Gerards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7388-2356)
- Philip J. van der Wees (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2881-5159)
- Antoine F. Lenssen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3627-4452)
- Anne I. Slotegraaf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7162-5348)
- Ron van Heerde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7273-0879)
- Rob A. de Bie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5882-9303)
- Arie Cornelis Verburg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4068-8228)
- Thomas J Hoogeboom
Institutions
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Transnational University Limburg (NL)
- Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (NL)
- Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- TiFN (NL)
- Department of Health (TW)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Therapy
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzaf065
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- ZonMw
- Universiteit Maastricht
- Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek van de Gezondheidszorg