Abstract
studies describe a wide variety of clinical presentations for co-Vid-19 infection, ranging from absence of symptoms to pneumo-nia with acute respiratory failure (arf). arf is associated with prolonged functional impairment in many individuals, and recov-ery from this critical illness is fraught with challenges. Moreover, there is increasing evidence that coVid-19 directly and indirectly
produces a complex pathology, characterized by polysystemic
involvement ranging from damage to the cardio-respiratory sys-tem up to complications affecting the central and peripheral ner-vous system.1 previous post-mortem examinations documented
immune-mediated focal myofibrillar necrosis and muscular at-rophy in severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars) patients and
it has been hypothesized that also SARS-CoV-2 can cause mus-cular damage in the spectrum of myophatic changes induced by the pathogen.
produces a complex pathology, characterized by polysystemic
involvement ranging from damage to the cardio-respiratory sys-tem up to complications affecting the central and peripheral ner-vous system.1 previous post-mortem examinations documented
immune-mediated focal myofibrillar necrosis and muscular at-rophy in severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars) patients and
it has been hypothesized that also SARS-CoV-2 can cause mus-cular damage in the spectrum of myophatic changes induced by the pathogen.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 310-312 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Eur J Phys Rehabil Med |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2021 |
Keywords
- COVID-19/complications
- Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data
- Humans
- Muscle Weakness/etiology
- Pandemics
- SARS-CoV-2