What is Safe Long COVID Rehabilitation?

Jessica DeMars¹, Darren A Brown^{2

3}, Ippokratis Angelidis⁴, Fiona Jones⁵, Francis McGuire⁶, Kelly K O'Brien^{3

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9}, Daria Oller¹⁰, Sue Pemberton¹¹, Rachel Tarrant¹², Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez¹³, Douglas P Gross¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Breathe Well Physio, Nelson, BC, Canada.
² Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, England.
³ Long COVID Physio, London, England.
⁴ Patient Partner, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁵ Population Health, St Georges University of London, London, UK.
⁶ MyPhysio, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁷ Department of Physical Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁸ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁹ Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (RSI), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
¹⁰ Pro-Activity, Lebanon, NJ, USA.
¹¹ Yorkshire Fatigue Clinic, York, England.
¹² Leeds Long COVID Community Rehabilitation Service, Leeds, England.
¹³ University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. dgross@ualberta.ca.

Editorial

Jessica DeMars et al. J Occup Rehabil. 2023 Jun.

. 2023 Jun;33(2):227-230.

doi: 10.1007/s10926-022-10075-2.

¹ Breathe Well Physio, Nelson, BC, Canada.
² Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, England.
³ Long COVID Physio, London, England.
⁴ Patient Partner, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁵ Population Health, St Georges University of London, London, UK.
⁶ MyPhysio, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁷ Department of Physical Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁸ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁹ Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (RSI), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
¹⁰ Pro-Activity, Lebanon, NJ, USA.
¹¹ Yorkshire Fatigue Clinic, York, England.
¹² Leeds Long COVID Community Rehabilitation Service, Leeds, England.
¹³ University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. dgross@ualberta.ca.

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