Corona-virus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the newly emerged coronavirus [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)], affected the public health in the world. Acute and chronic neurological issues, considered as consequences of COVID-19, are denominated Neuro-COVID.
Physical rehabilitation should be offered to all patients with Neuro-COVID.
Rehabilitation procedures begin during the acute stage and continue after hospital discharge – in post-acute phase and during long-term treatment.
We present principles of neurorehabilitation (NR) in neuro-COVID.
Special attention was paid to the process of NR of patients with some neurological complications of COVID-19, as follows: cerebral vascular accidents, spinal ischemic stroke, relapses of multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, development of rare diseases (as cerebellar ataxia or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis /motor neuron disease/), etc. The importance of grasp and gait recovery for patients’ autonomy in everyday life is underlined.
We emphasize on the impact of Information and Communication technologies (ICT) in the clinical practice: robotics, neurorobotics, virtual reality.
We accentuate on the role of digital competences of members of the interdisciplinary and multi-professional rehabilitation team.
We present typical and rare clinical cases (consequences and complications of COVID-19), treated by robotic neurorehabilitation.
Ivet Borissova Koleva,
Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria, Multi-profile Hospital for Long-term Care and Rehabilitation “Serdika” with Medical Center for Robotic Neurorehabilitation “ReGo”, Bulgaria and National Heart Hospital, Cardiorehabilitation Department, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Borislav Radoslavov Yoshinov,
Medical Faculty, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Radoslav Radoslavov Yoshinov
