Upcoming Event

Don't miss two of our AAPM&R members who will be discussing our Long COVID cognitive symptoms guidance statement on an upcoming Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) call on Thursday, May 5 from 1-2 pm (CT). Jeffrey Fine, MD, FAAPMR and Talya Fleming, MD, FAAPMR, will talk about the guidance in detail, discuss which clinical assessments and tests are needed for an individual patient with cognitive symptoms, describe how to apply health equity considerations to clinical care, activity management and reconditioning of Long COVID patients and more. No registration is required. Learn more and join the webinar on May 5 using this link.

Long COVID Dashboard

On August 24, AAPM&R released the first dashboard that shows how many millions of Americans are estimated to be experiencing Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC or Long COVID) symptoms by state, county and nationally.

Our dashboard is based on data from Johns Hopkins University CSSE COVID-19 data and the U.S. census, and includes state and county level statistics and trends over time for Long COVID. The dashboard has options for estimating the number of Long COVID cases based on different assumptions and percentages. Learn more and explore the dashboard.

Long COVID Guidance Statements

• Fatigue
  • Multidisciplinary collaborative consensus guidance statement on the assessment and treatment of fatigue in postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) patients
    • Access all of the tables from the fatigue guidance statement, which include the methodology, recommendations, health equity considerations and more.             
• Breathing Discomfort
  • Multi-Disciplinary Collaborative Consensus Guidance Statement on the Assessment and Treatment of Breathing Discomfort and Respiratory Sequelae in Patients with Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC)
    • Access all of the tables from the breathing discomfort guidance statement, which include the recommendations, health equity considerations/examples, rehabilitation approaches and more.  
• Cognitive Symptoms
  • Multi-Disciplinary Collaborative Consensus Guidance Statement on the Assessment and Treatment of Cognitive Symptoms in Patients with Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)
    • Access all of the tables (also available in PowerPoint slides) from the cognitive symptoms guidance statement, which include the recommendations, screening tools, strategies, health equity considerations and more.    
  • UPCOMING EVENT: Don't miss two of our AAPM&R members who will be discussing our Long COVID cognitive symptoms guidance statement on an upcoming Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) call on Thursday, May 5 from 1-2 pm (CT). Jeffrey Fine, MD, FAAPMR and Talya Fleming, MD, FAAPMR, will talk about the guidance in detail, discuss which clinical assessments and tests are needed for an individual patient with cognitive symptoms, describe how to apply health equity considerations to clinical care, activity management and reconditioning of Long COVID patients and more. No registration is required. Learn more and join the webinar on May 5 using this link.