Free physiotherapy programme for persistent COVID

  • Office of the Principal
  • February 25th, 2022
 
Programa gratuït de fisioteràpia de par COVID persistent.
Programa gratuït de fisioteràpia de par COVID persistent.

Persistent COVID refers to a complex syndrome, in which the person who has been infected by the virus, despite having already passed the disease, continues to present symptoms such as fatigue, tiredness, suffocation feeling, cognitive alterations, this syndrome affects more than 50% of people who have presented a mild COVID infection and has a negative impact on people’s who suffer from it.

The Faculty of Physiotherapy of the Universitat de València is carrying out a free cardio-respiratory physiotherapy programme that aims to improve the quality of life of people affected by persistent COVID.

The project, developed by the physiotherapists Dr. Matínez-Arnau, Dr. Arnal-Gómez and Dr. Cortés-Amador, consists of an eight-week therapeutic exercise programme that the person can carry out at home, following the instructions of the researchers, and without having to travel. The whole process will be continuously supervised by physiotherapists, who will assess the patient at the beginning, 2 months and 3 months after the end of the programme.

The project is currently recruiting volunteers who want to be part of this research, so if you are interested in being part of this project, or know someone who might be, you can contact the team through this email address: (covidpersistente@uv.es) and we will contact you immediately to explain or answer any questions you may have.