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Amanda A Kelly1, Caroline A Lewis1, Miguel X Escalon1
1Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Mount Sinai), One Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1240B, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Abstract:
Patients who are hospitalized due to COVID-19 are predisposed to requiring acute inpatient rehabilitation. Multiple factors have posed challenges to inpatient rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as staff shortages, restrictions with therapy, and barriers to discharge. Despite these challenges, data have shown that inpatient rehabilitation plays a key role in functional gains for this patient population. There remains a need for more data on the current challenges that are faced in the inpatient rehabilitation setting, as well as better understanding of long-term functional outcomes following COVID-19.
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