Musculoskeletal pain related to COVID-19 survivors after hospitalization: A short review

Objective: This review aimed to provide an update on the characterization and impact of musculoskeletal pain in COVID-19 survivors. Methods: It is considered articles on subjects who had been recovered from COVID-19 infection after hospitalizacion (COVID-19 survivors) with secondary musculoskeletal pain. Results: Six articles (one editorial, one consensus statement, one letter to the editor, one case-control study, one cohort study and one review) showed the polyhedral effects of the SARS-CoV-2 on musculoskeletal pain. This short review was not able to dearly identify what the pathogenesis of musculoskeletal pain was in COVID-19 survivors. Conclusion: Preliminary data showed that widespread pain similar to the pattern compatible with pain of musculoskeletal origin could characterize symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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This review provides an update on the characterization and impact of musculoskeletal pain in COVID-19 survivors. The study found that SARS-CoV-2 has various effects on musculoskeletal pain, but the pathogenesis of the pain remains unclear. Preliminary data suggests that widespread pain similar to musculoskeletal pain may characterize symptoms after COVID-19 infection.