Long Covid

Long COVID Physio website including podcast series and resources that cover: Long COVID, rehabilitation, exercise, fatigue, post exertion malaise, pacing, heart rate monitoring, dysautonomia and POTS, managing daily activities, and allied health professions

Long COVID Physio private Facebook group – a peer support group of physiotherapists and support workers living with Long COVID

Physiopedia information and online courses on Long COVID

World Physiotherapy briefing papers:

COVID-19 briefing paper: Safe rehabilitation approaches for people living with Long COVID: physical activity and exercise (PDF)

COVID-19 briefing paper: Safe rehabilitation approaches for people living with Long COVID: physical activity and exercise (Bulgarian) (PDF)

COVID-19 briefing paper: Safe rehabilitation approaches for people living with Long COVID: physical activity and exercise (Indonesian) (PDF)

COVID-19 briefing paper: Safe rehabilitation approaches for people living with Long COVID: physical activity and exercise (Polish) (PDF)

COVID-19 briefing paper: Safe rehabilitation approaches for people living with Long COVID: physical activity and exercise (Portuguese - Brazilian) (PDF)

COVID-19 briefing paper: Safe rehabilitation approaches for people living with Long COVID: physical activity and exercise (Spanish) (PDF)

World Physiotherapy Congress 2021 online: discussion session on Long COVID

Guidelines and reviews:

• COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19 from National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), UK
• A dynamic review of the evidence around ongoing Covid19 symptoms (often called Long Covid) from National Institute for Health Research (UK) and Living with Covid19 - Second review

Blogs of interest:

• Brown D, et al (2021) Physical Therapists Living With Long COVID, Part 1: Defining the Indefinable. JOSPT
• Brown D, et al (2021) Physical Therapists Living With Long COVID, Part 2: When "Keep Pushing" Isn't the Answer. JOSPT

Webinars:

• BMJ webinar on Long Covid: How to define it and how to manage it 

Reports and publications:

• UK Independent SAGE report on Long Covid
• Infectious Diseases Society of America Post COVID/Long COVID
• Ladds E, et al (2020) Persistent symptoms after Covid-19: qualitative study of 114 “long Covid” patients and draft quality principles for services. BMC Health Services Research
• WHO Europe policy brief on preparing for Long COVID (2021)
• WHO update on What we know about Long-term effects of COVID-19 (Sept 2020)
• WHO Global COVID-19 Clinical Platform Case Report Form (CRF) for Post COVID condition (Post COVID-19 CRF)

Patient-led research for COVID-19 - a self-organised group of Long COVID patients working on patient-led research around the Long COVID experience

Long Covid Alliance a network of patient-advocates, scientists, disease experts, and drug developers who have joined together to leverage their collective knowledge and resources to educate policy makers and accelerate research to transform our understanding of post-viral illness.

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