Understanding Long COVID and Episodic Disability to Inform Rehabilitation Approaches
Understanding Long COVID and Episodic Disability to Inform Rehabilitation Approaches
1 hour
Overview
A growing number of individuals are living with persistent and prolonged signs and symptoms following infection consistent with COVID-19, referred to as Long COVID, post COVID-19 condition, or postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV2.
Individuals living with Long COVID are experiencing a range of symptoms and impairments that impact their ability to carry out day-to-day activities or engage in social and community life roles. With increasing disability, there is a role for rehabilitation, including physiotherapy. However, the long-term trajectory of Long COVID remains unknown. Therefore, there is a need to conceptualize disability in Long COVID to inform effective healthcare and rehabilitation approaches and interventions to enhance clinical practice, policy, and research.
We would like to make this webinar accessible to all community members living with Long COVID. If you are a person living with Long COVID and you have a financial barrier to attending this webinar at the stated fee, you can contact alison.reid@live.ca for more information.
This webinar will be recorded and distributed to all those who register, and available for purchase afterwards.
Speakers
Kiera McDuff, MScPT, BSc (Hons.) Kin
Research Coordinator, Episodic Disability and Rehabilitation Research Lab
Program Coordinator, Rehabilitation Science Research Network for COVID
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Nisa Malli, MA
Patient Led Research Collaborative
Rehabilitation Science Research Network for COVID
The instructors
The Cardiorespiratory Division (CRD) unites physiotherapists with a special interest in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy. We provide a valuable forum for our members to share information relevant to working with clients across the lifespan and in all areas of cardiorespiratory.
To facilitate knowledge sharing and encourage networking, we produce our newsletter, the Gas Exchange, three times per year and relay information on job opportunities, online resources, courses and other educational events.
