Respiratory physiotherapy in patients with COVID-19 infection in acute setting: a Position Paper of the Italian Association of Respiratory Physiotherapists (ARIR)
coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, infection, Physiotherapy, rehabilitation
Respiratory physiotherapy in patients with COVID-19 infection in acute setting: a Position Paper of the Italian Association of Respiratory Physiotherapists (ARIR) On February 2020, Italy, especially the northern regions, was hit by an epidemic of the new SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus that spread from China between December 2019 and January 2020. The entire healthcare system had to respond promptly in a very short time to an exponential growth of the number of subjects affected by COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) with the need of semi-intensive and intensive care units.
Marta Lazzeri, Andrea Lanza, Raffaella Bellini, Angela Bellofiore, Simone Cecchetto, Alessia Colombo, Francesco D' Abrosca, Cesare Del Monaco, Giuseppe Gaudellio, Mara Paneroni, Emilia Privitera, Mariangela Retucci, Veronica Rossi, Martina Santambrogio, Maurizio Sommariva, Pamela Frigerio