RT Journal Article
T1 Effectiveness of Digital Physiotherapy Practice Compared to Usual Care in Long COVID Patients: A Systematic Review
A1 Estebanez-Pérez, María-José
A1 Martín-Valero, Rocío
A1 Vinolo-Gil, Maria Jesus
A1 Pastora-Bernal, José Manuel
K1 Telemática
K1 Rehabilitación
AB Long COVID syndrome has been recognized as a public health problem. Digital physiotherapypractice is an alternative that can better meet the needs of patients. The aim of this review wasto synthesize the evidence of digital physiotherapy practice in Long COVID patients. A systematicreview was carried out until December 2022. The review was complemented by an assessment of therisk of bias and methodological quality. A narrative synthesis of results was conducted, includingsubgroup analyses by intervention and clinical outcomes. Six articles, including 540 participants, wereselected. Five articles were considered of high enough methodological quality. Parallel-group, singleblind,randomized controlled trials were the most commonly used research design. Tele-supervisedhome-based exercise training was the most commonly used intervention. Great heterogeneity inclinical outcomes and measurement tools was found. A subgroup analysis showed that digitalphysiotherapy is effective in improving clinical outcomes. Significant differences in favor of digitalinterventions over usual care were reported. Nevertheless, discrepancies regarding effectivenesswere found. Improvements in clinical outcomes with digital physiotherapy were found to be at leastnon-inferior to usual care. This review provides new evidence that digital physiotherapy practice isan appropriate intervention for Long COVID patients, despite the inherent limitations of the review.Registration: CRD42022379004.
PB MDPI
YR 2023
FD 2023-07-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32228
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32228
LA eng
NO Estebanez-Pérez, M.-J.; Martín-Valero, R.; Vinolo-Gil, M.J.; Pastora-Bernal, J.-M. Effectiveness of Digital Physiotherapy Practice Compared to Usual Care in Long COVID Patients: A Systematic Review. Healthcare 2023, 11, 1970. https://doi.org/10.3390/ healthcare11131970
NO Partial funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 22 ene 2026