Operational Considerations for Physical Therapy During COVID-19: A Rapid Review.

Objective: Physical therapists play an important role in responding to pandemic and physical disaster situations. Existing literature can provide guidance to health care leadership teams to appropriately and safely leverage physical therapy resources and skill sets during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to provide a review of the pandemic and physical disaster management literature to summarize physical therapy-specific operational considerations to assist hospital-based leadership teams in planning and response efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.