New Publication: Priorities for Research, Education, Clinical Practice, and Policy From the Long COVID Physio International Forum
was published in CPTJ on December 27, 2024.
Long COVID Physio (LCP) is an international peer support, education and advocacy, patient-led association of physiotherapists living with long COVID and allies. In 2022, LCP hosted an international forum. One of the aims of the forum was to identify priorities in long COVID and rehabilitation.
McDuff et al. (2025) published, “Priorities for Research, Education, Clinical Practice, and Policy From the Long COVID Physio International Forum.” This article describes an international consultation on priorities for long COVID and rehabilitation with people living with long COVID, clinicians, researchers, and other key interest-holders (referred to collectively as “consultants”) who registered for and attended the LCP International Forum. The authors collected feedback from consultants during the forum, and analyzed data using group-based content analytical techniques. This analysis resulted in 17 priorities for long COVID overlapping and spanning 4 categories: a) research (epidemiology, socioeconomics, pathophysiology, characterizing disability, health equity, establishing diagnostic criteria, intervention studies); b) education (for people living with long COVID, employers, policy makers, and health care professional students); c) clinical practice (safety, person-centered approaches); and d) policy (accessibility of care, supports for people living with long COVID and caregivers, public health messaging). Priorities were focused on long COVID and rehabilitation, but some extended beyond the scope of rehabilitation (e.g., pharmacological interventions). These priorities can help to guide research, clinical practice, education, and policy, to advance health outcomes for people living with long COVID.
Citation: McDuff K, Brown DA, Gross DP, Faghy MA, Davenport TE, Audette J, Bassi L, Bull M, Cobbing SE, Décary S, Flynn A, Jeyes F, Kaup C, Martin M, Ngeh E, Putrino D, Saravia A, Shiloff-Rogers A, Skiffington H, Skipper L, Vogel JM, O’Brien KK. (2024). Priorities for research, education, clinical practice, and policy from the Long COVID Physio International Forum. Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal, 10-1097.
