TY - JOUR T1 - Low physical functioning and impaired performance of activities of daily life in COVID-19 patients who survived hospitalisation JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.02096-2020 VL - 56 IS - 4 SP - 2002096 AU - Stefano Belli AU - Bruno Balbi AU - Ilaria Prince AU - Davide Cattaneo AU - Francesca Masocco AU - Sergio Zaccaria AU - Luca Bertalli AU - Francesco Cattini AU - Arianna Lomazzo AU - Francesca Dal Negro AU - Marica Giardini AU - Frits M.E. Franssen AU - Daisy J.A. Janssen AU - Martijn A. Spruit Y1 - 2020/10/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/56/4/2002096.abstract N2 - Thousands of Italians with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been admitted to hospital. In the Piedmont Region, as of 12 May 2020, 12 272 patients survived hospital admission [1], and most of them were discharged home. As the influx of COVID-19 patients is exceeding the hospital bed capacity in Northern Italy, patients are discharged home after two negative reverse transcription (RT)-PCR tests for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), notwithstanding their physical status. Nevertheless, lower-limb muscle deconditioning and an impaired performance of activities of daily living (ADLs) are likely to occur. Indeed, COVID-19 patients suffer from multiple symptoms during hospitalisation, and the acute care takes place in strict isolation, which will reduce a patient's mobility to zero [2].About half of post-COVID-19 patients had severe impairments in physical functioning and during activities of daily living at discharge home, providing a clear rationale to study the safety and efficacy of rehabilitative interventions in these patients https://bit.ly/3hJvXJa ER -