| Title: |
The aftermath of COVID-19 lockdown on daily life activities in orthopaedic patients |
| Authors: |
Persiani, Pietro; De Meo, Daniele; Giannini, Elettra; Calogero, Valeria; Speziale Varsamis, Tommaso; Cavallo, Armando Ugo; Martini, Lorena; Cera, Gianluca; Coluzzi, Flaminia; Villani, Ciro |
| Contributors: |
Persiani, Pietro; De Meo, Daniele; Giannini, Elettra; Calogero, Valeria; Speziale Varsamis, Tommaso; Cavallo, Armando Ugo; Martini, Lorena; Cera, Gianluca; Coluzzi, Flaminia; Villani, Ciro |
| Publisher Information: |
Dovepress; Albany |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
Sapienza Università di Roma: CINECA IRIS |
| Subject Terms: |
SARS-CoV-2; lockdown; musculoskeletal pain; orthopaedic pathology; pandemic |
| Description: |
Purpose: Following the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many reports have investigated the psychosocial effects of the lockdown. The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of the lockdown on the daily life habits of orthopaedic patients.Patients and Methods: Around 30 days after the start of the Italian lockdown, from April 17th to the end of the containment measures on May 18th, the Sapienza University of Rome carried out a 19-item survey on the effects the lockdown caused in patients suffering from an orthopaedic pathology (with regard to changes in lifestyle, pain, treatment) by stratifying the sample by age, sex, profession, pain location, pathogenesis and prior surgeries.Results: A total of 292 subjects with orthopaedic pathologies took part in the survey. Taking into consideration the totality of the sample, physical activity was significantly reduced (p |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/33688247; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000625399500001; volume:14; firstpage:575; lastpage:583; numberofpages:9; journal:JOURNAL OF PAIN RESEARCH; http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1516639 |
| DOI: |
10.2147/JPR.S285814 |
| Availability: |
http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1516639; https://doi.org/10.2147/JPR.S285814 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.DC36B32A |
| Database: |
BASE |