Common Musculoskeletal Disorders in Patients with Covid-19

نویسندگان

1 Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Physiotherapy Research Center, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

doi
10.52547/ijmpp.5.3.357
چکیده

SARS-CoV-2 is a coronavirus belonging to the betacoronavirus category that targets the respiratory system and Causes symptoms similar to pneumonia. The patients with-covid 19 do not only suffer from respiratory problems and their clinical symptoms range from no symptoms to severe pneumonia. In fact, they may have a variety of symptoms including fever, shortness of breath, dry cough, nasal congestion, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, myalgia, arthralgia, fatigue (muscular and mental), joint swelling (as reactive arthritis), headache, diarrhea and rarely arthritis. The major musculoskeletal symptoms which might be appeared include arthralgia, myalgia, chronic fatigue, and joint swelling (as reactive arthritis)