Swarnakar R, Jenifa S, Wadhwa S. Musculoskeletal complications in long COVID-19: A systematic review. World J Virol 2022; 11(6): 485-495 [PMID: 36483107 DOI: 10.5501/wjv.v11.i6.485]
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Sanjay Wadhwa, DNB, Professor & Head, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, Delhi, India. wadhwadr@gmail.com
Research Domain of This Article
Rheumatology
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Systematic Reviews
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World J Virol. Nov 25, 2022; 11(6): 485-495 Published online Nov 25, 2022. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v11.i6.485
Musculoskeletal complications in long COVID-19: A systematic review
Raktim Swarnakar, Shoibam Jenifa, Sanjay Wadhwa
Raktim Swarnakar, Shoibam Jenifa, Sanjay Wadhwa, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, Delhi, India
Author contributions: Swarnakar R and Wadhwa S contributed to conception and design of this study; Swarnakar R, Jenifa S and Wadhwa S contributed to literature search and writing.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report having no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
PRISMA 2009 Checklist statement: The authors have read the PRISMA 2009 Checklist, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the PRISMA 2009 Checklist.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Sanjay Wadhwa, DNB, Professor & Head, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, Delhi, India. wadhwadr@gmail.com
Received: July 28, 2022 Peer-review started: July 28, 2022 First decision: August 22, 2022 Revised: September 1, 2022 Accepted: October 14, 2022 Article in press: October 14, 2022 Published online: November 25, 2022
ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
Research background
Research is lacking in musculoskeletal complications in long coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Research motivation
Currently, many long COVID-19 patients are coming to outpatient departments of rehabilitation for musculoskeletal issues.
Research objectives
To find musculoskeletal complications in long COVID-19 and relevant rehabilitation interventions.
Research methods
A systematic review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses was done.
Research results
Among many musculoskeletal issues, fatigue was found to be the most common complication. Rehab intervention is severely lacking in literature.
Research conclusions
Rehabilitation need identification is of the utmost importance in musculoskeletal aspects of long COVID. Fatigue was found to be the most common complication.
Research perspectives
Identification of rehabilitation needed following identification of musculoskeletal complications is crucial in long COVID-19 cases.
