In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Rich Severin discussing general pathophysiology of COVID-19, impact of comorbidities, importance of physical therapy in properly managing patients post ICU stay, and what techniques to use to safely and effectively rehabilitate recovering patients.

Please check out his recent paper describing the potential role of respiratory muscle performance in the COVID-19 Pandemic published in the American Journal of Medicine:

Severin, R., Arena, R., Lavie, C. J., Bond, S., & Phillips, S. A. (2020). Respiratory Muscle Performance Screening for Infectious Disease Management Following COVID-19: A Highly Pressurized Situation. The American Journal of Medicine.
https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(20)30347-8/fulltext?fbclid=IwAR1ySEUVz5-N9XbOMvG40SUzzkP9XDqFoGTsGMypPJr8Due1kwsJuEWZZuE

James M Smith, Alan C Lee, Hallie Zeleznik, Jacqueline P Coffey Scott, Arooj Fatima, Dale M Needham, Patricia J Ohtake, Home and Community-Based Physical Therapist Management of Adults With Post–Intensive Care Syndrome, Physical Therapy, , pzaa059, https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzaa059

https://academic.oup.com/ptj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ptj/pzaa059/5818366

PACER Project

https://learningcenter.apta.org/student/mycourse.aspx?id=f4b7ebc7-bdbd-4808-814c-c875c8aee805

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7bAfww8lWo&t=24s