Department of Internal Medicine, Cairo University Hospitals, Giza, Egypt.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted negatively our society and resulted in numerous deaths. It has had an effect on every facet of health care delivery. Rules, regulations, and payment policies were changed to allow extensive use of telecommunications technology in lieu of inperson clinical visits to protect health care personnel and patients throughout the country from the risk of disease transmission. Telerehabilitation (TR) is equally effective in delivering specific health, medical, and rehabilitation expertise from worldclass medical centers to homes and small clinics throughout metropolitan regions.Maintaining social distance and self-isolation during the worldwide coronavirus epidemic requires online courses, films with exercise instructions, or individual online consultations.
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● Many rehabilitation therapists may find it difficult to continue a supervised exercise program in areas where infection control measures against COVID-19 transmission are feared.
● Maintaining social distance and self-isolation during the worldwide coronavirus epidemic requires online courses, films with exercise instructions, or individual online consultations.
● Telerehabilitation (TR) is equally effective in delivering specific health, medical, and rehabilitation expertise from world-class medical centers to homes and small clinics throughout metropolitan regions.
Plain Language Summary
Evidence suggests that the COVID-19 patients in intensive care may develop physical deconditioning, exercise-induced dyspnea, and muscle atrophy, among other complications, at the time of hospital release. Controlled rehabilitation studies have shown that managing an injury or disease quickly is crucial for achieving adequate results in terms of boosting a patient’s self-efficacy. The goal of the inpatient telerehabilitation program for COVID-19 patients was to carefully assess discharge barriers, give patient education, and provide a home exercise regimen while limiting staff exposure.
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General Received: 2021/10/24 | Accepted: 2021/11/30 | Published: 2022/01/1