Medical Rehabilitation of Children after a New Coronavirus Infection COVID-19

The article is about medical rehabilitation of children who have suffered from the coronavirus infection COVID-19, which is an acute infectious disease caused by a new strain of the coronavirus SARS CoV-2. The authors present current information about epidemiology and clinical course of this disea...

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Main Authors: Maria S. Petrova, Maya A. Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. National Medical Research Center of Rehabilitation and Balneology 2021-08-01
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Online Access:https://www.vvmr.ru/en/archives/2021/20-4-avgust-2021/covid-19-novye-metody-aktualnye-rekomendatsii/2021-4-medicinskaya-reabilitaciya-detei-perenesshih-novuyu-koronavirusnuyu-infekciyu-.html
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description The article is about medical rehabilitation of children who have suffered from the coronavirus infection COVID-19, which is an acute infectious disease caused by a new strain of the coronavirus SARS CoV-2. The authors present current information about epidemiology and clinical course of this disease in children. It is known that complications and adverse outcomes of COVID-19 in children are observed much less frequently than in adults. At the same time, the clinical experience of monitoring children who have had a new coronavirus infection showed that all patients need medical rehabilitation, including those who had the disease in asymptomatic or mild form. Data on the possibility of functional disorders not only in the respiratory organs but also in other systems of the body determines the necessity of stage-by-stage medical rehabilitation of these children. The article defines the main principles and stages of their rehabilitation, proves the necessity of indications for different stages. Medical rehabilitation of children after a new coronavirus infection at all stages is provided by specialists of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team which includes a pediatrician, a physiotherapist, an exercise therapist, a medical rehabilitation doctor, a reflexologist, a medical psychologist, a speech therapist, an instructor-methodologist, etc. This article presents a wide range of modern techniques of apparatus physiotherapy and kinesotherapy indicated for children who have undergone COVID-19, with the description of the main therapeutic effects and the mechanism of therapeutic action of physical factors. Psychological rehabilitation is of great importance in the complex of rehabilitation measures for children with COVID-19. Special attention is paid to the issues of sanatorium-resort treatment of children after a new coronavirus infection. The spectrum of nonmedicamentous technologies for inclusion in the individual program of sanatorium-resort treatment of such patients with the use of natural healing resources (mineral waters, therapeutic mud, therapeutic climate, other natural conditions used for treatment and prevention of diseases); nonmedicamentous therapy, therapeutic exercises, massage, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, reflexotherapy, psychotherapy is determined. The article presents criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of rehabilitation measures.
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spelling doaj.art-482601354b844197a80f145fd749234e2022-12-21T22:51:29ZengMinistry of Health of the Russian Federation. National Medical Research Center of Rehabilitation and BalneologyВестник восстановительной медицины2078-19622713-26252021-08-0120441210.38025/2078-1962-2021-20-4-4-12Medical Rehabilitation of Children after a New Coronavirus Infection COVID-19Maria S. Petrova0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9702-5487Maya A. Khan1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1081-1726Central State Medical Academy of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian FederationCentral State Medical Academy of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation; Moscow Scientific Practical Center for Medical Rehabilitation, Restorative and Sports Medicine, Moscow, Russian Federation ; Filatov Children’s City Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russian FederationThe article is about medical rehabilitation of children who have suffered from the coronavirus infection COVID-19, which is an acute infectious disease caused by a new strain of the coronavirus SARS CoV-2. The authors present current information about epidemiology and clinical course of this disease in children. It is known that complications and adverse outcomes of COVID-19 in children are observed much less frequently than in adults. At the same time, the clinical experience of monitoring children who have had a new coronavirus infection showed that all patients need medical rehabilitation, including those who had the disease in asymptomatic or mild form. Data on the possibility of functional disorders not only in the respiratory organs but also in other systems of the body determines the necessity of stage-by-stage medical rehabilitation of these children. The article defines the main principles and stages of their rehabilitation, proves the necessity of indications for different stages. Medical rehabilitation of children after a new coronavirus infection at all stages is provided by specialists of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team which includes a pediatrician, a physiotherapist, an exercise therapist, a medical rehabilitation doctor, a reflexologist, a medical psychologist, a speech therapist, an instructor-methodologist, etc. This article presents a wide range of modern techniques of apparatus physiotherapy and kinesotherapy indicated for children who have undergone COVID-19, with the description of the main therapeutic effects and the mechanism of therapeutic action of physical factors. Psychological rehabilitation is of great importance in the complex of rehabilitation measures for children with COVID-19. Special attention is paid to the issues of sanatorium-resort treatment of children after a new coronavirus infection. The spectrum of nonmedicamentous technologies for inclusion in the individual program of sanatorium-resort treatment of such patients with the use of natural healing resources (mineral waters, therapeutic mud, therapeutic climate, other natural conditions used for treatment and prevention of diseases); nonmedicamentous therapy, therapeutic exercises, massage, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, reflexotherapy, psychotherapy is determined. The article presents criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of rehabilitation measures.https://www.vvmr.ru/en/archives/2021/20-4-avgust-2021/covid-19-novye-metody-aktualnye-rekomendatsii/2021-4-medicinskaya-reabilitaciya-detei-perenesshih-novuyu-koronavirusnuyu-infekciyu-.htmlcovid-19childrenmedical rehabilitationphysiotherapykinesotherapyphysical therapytherapeutic exercisessanatorium-resort treatment
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Medical Rehabilitation of Children after a New Coronavirus Infection COVID-19
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covid-19
children
medical rehabilitation
physiotherapy
kinesotherapy
physical therapy
therapeutic exercises
sanatorium-resort treatment
title Medical Rehabilitation of Children after a New Coronavirus Infection COVID-19
title_full Medical Rehabilitation of Children after a New Coronavirus Infection COVID-19
title_fullStr Medical Rehabilitation of Children after a New Coronavirus Infection COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed Medical Rehabilitation of Children after a New Coronavirus Infection COVID-19
title_short Medical Rehabilitation of Children after a New Coronavirus Infection COVID-19
title_sort medical rehabilitation of children after a new coronavirus infection covid 19
topic covid-19
children
medical rehabilitation
physiotherapy
kinesotherapy
physical therapy
therapeutic exercises
sanatorium-resort treatment
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