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9  Physical Therapy Recommendations for Patients with COVID-19

Ayman A Mohamed, Motaz Alawna, Fadi Al-Turjman, and Majdi Nassif

Contents

9.1 Introduction

9.1.1 Learning objectives

9.2 The Effect of Increasing the Aerobic Capacity on Immune and Pulmonary Functions

9.3 Aerobic Exercise Recommendations for Patients with COVID-19

9.4 Pulmonary Exercises Recommendations for Patients with COVID-19

References

9.1 Introduction

COVID-19 is a self-limited infection, in which the strength of the host’s immune strength plays a significant role against it ¹. Thus, physical therapy could play an important role in increasing the immunity through increasing the aerobic capacity of these patients to improve their immune functions which would help counter COVID-19. ...