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Unusual sensory-motor neuropathies in post-COVID-19 patients admitted in rehabilitation hospitals: a case-series
- Source :
- Eur J Phys Rehabil Med
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2022.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND: Several neurological complications occurred in SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19), mainly related to inflammatory and vascular disorders. The involvement of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) has been mostly reported as Guillain-Barré Syndrome, while focal peripheral neuropathies have been rarely described. CASE REPORT: We report the cases of ten patients hospitalized in Rehabilitation Units after COVID-19, who presented severe focal motor involvement. Electrophysiological investigations revealed focal sensory-motor neuropathies, atypical for many aspects: bilaterality, location and contemporary involvement of different nervous districts. We speculate that their pathogenesis is possibly related to prolonged abnormal postures maintained during hospitalization in Intensive Care Unit, virus neurotropism and thrombotic vascular damage involving vasa nervorum. CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT: Motor neuropathies could induce severe disability and their early recognition in post COVID-19 patients is of primary importance for a specific rehabilitation treatment.
- Subjects :
- Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
medicine.medical_treatment
Neurotropism
Hospitals, Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Article
law.invention
law
Vasa nervorum
medicine
Humans
Severe disability
Sensory motor
Rehabilitation
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
COVID-19
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Intensive care unit
Hospitalization
medicine.anatomical_structure
Peripheral nervous system
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19739095 and 19739087
- Volume :
- 58
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d9b33cabd3fcb81648e8d4d440dddf48