Functional impairment during post-acute COVID-19 phase: Preliminary finding in 56 patients

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Tradate, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Tradate, Italy. Electronic address: elisabetta.zampogna@icsmaugeri.it.
² Respiratory Diseases Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Tradate, Italy.
³ Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Tradate, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Tradate, Italy.
⁴ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Respiratory Diseases, University of Insubria, Varese-Como, Italy.
⁵ Allergy and Immunology Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Pavia, Italy.
⁶ Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
⁷ Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Tradate, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Tradate, Italy; Department of Medicine and Surgery, Respiratory Diseases, University of Insubria, Varese-Como, Italy.

E Zampogna et al. Pulmonology. 2021 Sep-Oct.

. 2021 Sep-Oct;27(5):452-455.

doi: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2020.12.008. Epub 2021 Jan 6.

¹ Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Tradate, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Tradate, Italy. Electronic address: elisabetta.zampogna@icsmaugeri.it.
² Respiratory Diseases Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Tradate, Italy.
³ Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Tradate, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Tradate, Italy.
⁴ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Respiratory Diseases, University of Insubria, Varese-Como, Italy.
⁵ Allergy and Immunology Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Pavia, Italy.
⁶ Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
⁷ Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Tradate, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Tradate, Italy; Department of Medicine and Surgery, Respiratory Diseases, University of Insubria, Varese-Como, Italy.

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