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Understanding Long COVID From a PT Perspective

Physical therapists are ideally suited to help people who are experiencing lingering effects of COVID-19.

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Date: Thursday, December 1, 2022
Author: Keith Loria

Some people who have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 can experience long-term effects from their infection. The condition has come to be known as long COVID.

There is no test to diagnose long COVID, and because people may display a wide variety of symptoms, it can be difficult for a physical therapist to even know a patient is feeling the effects.

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Date: December 1, 2022
Contact:  aptamag@apta.org
Content Type:  Feature

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Keith Loria

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