Rehabilitative treatment of patients with COVID-19 infection: the P.A.R.M.A. evidence based clinical practice protocol.

BACKGROUND: The impact of the SARS-CoV-2 on the National Health System (NHS) required a reorganization of the various levels of care, which also involved the rehabilitation reality. AIM OF THE WORK: A clinical practice review of the literature was conducted to provide operational-rehabilitation guidelines adapted to the local reality and to the recent corporate reorganization in the context of the COVID-19 emergency. METHODS: A practice review of the available scientific evidence was regularly conducted from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to periodically update the clinical practice guidelines. Articles that met the following inclusion criteria were included: studies conducted on human adult subjects with COVID-19 infection, undergoing rehabilitation in any hospitalization setting. RESULTS: The results of this clinical practice update were periodically discussed with colleagues and collaborators in a multi-professional team, in order to guarantee a good clinical practice protocol, named P.A.R.M.A. CONCLUSIONS: The P.A.R.M.A. protocol is the result of a periodic review literature update, which has allowed us to take charge of patients affected by COVID-19 according to the most up-to-date clinical evidences, guaranteeing a shared and uniform treatment within a local reality in an era of health emergency.

Rehabilitation experience in a case of Ollier's disease.

This paper describes a case of Ollier's disease, an uncommon, nonhereditary skeletal disorder affecting enchondral ossification. The patient was referred to our Rehabilitation Unit after resection of scapular chondroma. He had previously been submitted to several surgical treatments for multiple enchondromatosis. Rehabilitation goals were increasing range of motion, relieving pain and training activities of daily living (ADL). After one month treatment, the patient reported pain relief and showed good improvement of articular function and better performances on ADL. According to our experience, it seems that rehabilitation could play a complementary role as regards surgical treatment of this complex pathology.