Musculoskeletal Pain in Patients With Covid-19 Who Have Hospital Care

After the First and Second Wave in Italy: What Effects of Musculoskeletal Pain Did the Covid-19 in Patients Who Have Hospital Care?

Worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grow. Although COVID-19 mainly affects the lungs and internal organs, musculoskeletal injury from this disease was reported with the presentation of marked elevation in creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase levels. Patients with post-acute COVID-19 are considered patients with a post-intensive syndrome (PICS) that results in loss of functional independence.

In the physical and rehabilitation medical field, various modalities with therapeutic exercise can be used to manage pain by a physical therapist and psychiatrist.

Pain management is particularly important during the COVID-19 pandemic because of the reduced accessibility to hospitals and medical resources.

The COVID-19 survivors with pain symptoms will participated. In this phase, a face-to-face interview will be conducted to collecting all outcomes about pain.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Recovered from COVID-19 infection.
• COVID-19 survivors after hospitalization.
• Musculoskeletal pain.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants will be excluded also if they score greater than 6 points on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) or more than 30 points in the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), dementia and not Italian speaking due to the high level of language skills required for questionnaires and quantitative sensory testing.
• Psychiatric or neurological disorders