[Neuromuscular weakness in the critically post COVID-19 patient: functional recovery results in two third-level centers].

Introduction: The effectiveness of physical rehabilitation therapies on patients who required prolonged mechanical ventilation and were discharged from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with post-COVID-19 neuromuscular weakness is known in the acute period. The objective of this study was to characterize the functional recovery in people hospitalized with post-ICU neuromuscular weakness due to COVID-19 admitted to rehab.

Methods: Retrospective study which included 42 patients with post-COVID-19 neuromuscular weakness, who were admitted to two tertiary care rehabilitation centers, from April 2020 to April 2022.