ASPECTS OF PHYSICAL REHABILITATION OF PATIENTS AFTER NEW CORONAVIRUS INFECTION

Abstract

The article is devoted to topical issues of physical rehabilitation - as part of the medical rehabilitation of patients who have suffered pneumonia, associated with the new coronavirus infection COVID-19. Physical pulmonary rehabilitation is primarily aimed at the prevention of early and late complications, restoration of bronchial passage and morphological structure of the lung tissue, activation of alveolar-capillary transport. The features of physical rehabilitation of this category of patients are shown with the mechanisms of therapeutic action of physical exercises, hardware physiotherapy, natural therapeutic physical factors - kumys, mineral waters, therapeutic mud. The developed program of the third stage of medical rehabilitation of patients after pneumonia, associated with the new coronavirus infection COVID-19 in sanatoriums and clinics lasting 14 days, has been presented. In the programs, special attention should be given to the intensity, timing of rehabilitation activities in elderly patients, in the presence of comorbidities of the cardiovascular and nervous systems, obesity, diabetes. At the same time personalized approach determines the choice of methods and forms of physical rehabilitation, contributing to the restoration of external breathing function, improving the cardiovascular system, increasing physical performance.