Pulmonary physiotherapy group
EPS
COVID-19 PNEUMONIA
In addition to basic care interventions, patients allocated to the PPT group received a totally 6 PPT sessions for three consecutive days (twice daily: one session in the morning and one session in the afternoon). PPT was started at the same day that patient was recruited. Patients received two sessions of PPT in that day. Two expert pulmonary physiotherapists assessed patients immediately before every session to select the techniques based on their findings. It is reported that about 34% of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia present signs and symptoms of EPS [