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0029/2022 - Organization and offer of physiotherapeutic assistance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
Organização e oferta da assistência fisioterapêutica em resposta à pandemia da COVID-19 no Brasil

Author:

• Thiago Santos de Souza - Souza, T. S. - <thiago_fst@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1427-7345

Co-author(s):

• Ítalo Ricardo Santos Aleluia - Aleluia, I. R. S - <italo.aleluia@ufob.edu.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9499-6360
• Elen Beatriz Pinto - Pinto, E. B. - <elen.neuro@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3753-923X
• Elzo Pereira Pinto Junior - Pinto Junior, E.P - <elzo.junior@fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6977-2071
• Rhaine Borges Santos Pedreira - Pedreira, R. B. S. - <rhaineborges@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8620-4076
• Helena Fraga-Maia - Fraga-Maia, H - <helenafragamaia@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2782-4910
• Juliana Martins Pinto - Pinto, J. M. - <ju_fisio33@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2617-3308


Abstract:

The recovery of people affected by COVID-19 is a process that continues beyond the acute condition of infection by Sars-CoV-2. The impairment of several body systems can cause functional impacts and demand continuous Physical Therapy assistance both in outpatient care and in Primary Health Care (PHC). In this essay, we seek to discuss the challenges of organizing and offering Physical Therapy assistance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. The analysis was summarized in three dimensions: offering physical therapy assistance in PHC and outpatient care; and provision of physical therapy care via telehealth. It is concluded that functional rehabilitation depends on the PHC\'s response capacity; there is a shortage of rehabilitation services that precedes the pandemic, and may not respond satisfactorily to the demands of the current epidemiological context; it is necessary to articulate the outpatient physiotherapy and PHC teams; although telehealth is a resource and an opportunity to increase the population\'s access to functional rehabilitation, its use requires caution; the physiotherapist plays a crucial role in the entire COVID-19 care continuum.

Keywords:

Physiotherapy. COVID-19. Primary Health Care. Rehabilitation. Telehealth.

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Souza, T. S., Aleluia, I. R. S, Pinto, E. B., Pinto Junior, E.P, Pedreira, R. B. S., Fraga-Maia, H, Pinto, J. M.. Organization and offer of physiotherapeutic assistance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2022/Mar). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/organization-and-offer-of-physiotherapeutic-assistance-in-response-to-the-covid19-pandemic-in-brazil/18285?id=18285



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