Pulmonary rehabilitation in COVID-19 pandemic era: The need for a revised approach

Ajay Prashad Gautam¹, Ross Arena^{2

3}, Snehil Dixit^{1

4}, Audrey Borghi-Silva^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Science, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA.
³ Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁴ Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy Laboratory, Federal University of São Carlos, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil.
⁶ Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Sao Carlos, Brazil.

Ajay Prashad Gautam et al. Respirology. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;25(12):1320-1322.

doi: 10.1111/resp.13946. Epub 2020 Sep 21.

Ajay Prashad Gautam¹, Ross Arena^{2

3}, Snehil Dixit^{1

4}, Audrey Borghi-Silva^{5

6}

¹ Department of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Science, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA.
³ Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁴ Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy Laboratory, Federal University of São Carlos, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil.
⁶ Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Sao Carlos, Brazil.

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