Home-Based Telerehabilitation for Covid-19 Patients: Reducing the Effects of Hospital - Associated Deconditioning after the Discharge from the Intensive Care Unit
Abstract
Rehabilitation care for infectious patients in intensive care unit and post-acute care in home environment represents a great challenge for physiotherapists regarding epidemiological recommendations. This situation is accentuated in the epidemic events, priorities change in rehabilitation care and need for personal protection of physiotherapists is emphasized.
Telerehabilitation and distance therapy in the home environment are in favour as a contactless and remote therapies. The main goal of our project was to set up a post-acute telerehabilitation care for COVID-19 patients and other patients at home environment.
Telerehabilitation program priorities are focused on respiratory therapy, reconditioning program for patients with severe deconditioning, prevention of vertebroalgic syndrome, neurology, and cognitive rehabilitation.