Safety and efficacy of pulmonary physiotherapy in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia (PPTCOVID study): A prospective, randomised, single-blind, controlled trial

Mohammad Javaherian; Azadeh Shadmehr; Abbasali Keshtkar; Mohammad Taghi Beigmohammadi; Narges Dabbaghipour; Aabis Syed; Behrouz Attarbashi Moghadam

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0268428

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Safety and efficacy of pulmonary physiotherapy in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia (PPTCOVID study): A prospective, randomised, single-blind, controlled trial

Mohammad Javaherian,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Liver Transplantation Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4928-1566

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Azadeh Shadmehr,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Abbasali Keshtkar,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Education Development, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran
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Mohammad Taghi Beigmohammadi,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Narges Dabbaghipour,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4235-1322

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Aabis Syed,

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5456-1036

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Behrouz Attarbashi Moghadam

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Attarbashi@tums.ac.ir

Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0184-8930

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Safety and efficacy of pulmonary physiotherapy in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia (PPTCOVID study): A prospective, randomised, single-blind, controlled trial

Mohammad Javaherian,
Azadeh Shadmehr,
Abbasali Keshtkar,
Mohammad Taghi Beigmohammadi,
Narges Dabbaghipour,
Aabis Syed,
Behrouz Attarbashi Moghadam

Published: January 31, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268428
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