Early reflection on the global impact of COVID19, and implications for physiotherapy

Affiliations

¹ Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), Duke University, 184 Durham, USA; Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, 186 Norway. Electronic address: mike.landry@duke.edu.
² Royal Free Hospital NHS Hospital, London, UK.
³ Department of Immunology, Duke University, Durham, USA.
⁴ Durham VA Health Care System, Durham, USA.
⁵ Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, USA.
⁶ HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

Editorial

Michel D Landry (BScPT, MBA, PhD) et al. Physiotherapy. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun:107:A1-A3.

doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2020.03.003. Epub 2020 Mar 20.

¹ Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), Duke University, 184 Durham, USA; Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, 186 Norway. Electronic address: mike.landry@duke.edu.
² Royal Free Hospital NHS Hospital, London, UK.
³ Department of Immunology, Duke University, Durham, USA.
⁴ Durham VA Health Care System, Durham, USA.
⁵ Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, USA.
⁶ HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID19; Coronavirus; Physical therapy; Physiotherapy.

Comment on

Timely mental health care for the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak is urgently needed.
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