Dear Editor, We read with great interest the article by Romano et al1 that reported the prevalence of persistent COVID-19 symptoms and their effects on health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in hospitalized patients referred to a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation unit. Importantly, the authors analyzed the impact of a personalized home exercise rehabilitation program on patients' physical condition and HR-QoL. Given the resurgence of COVID-19 cases2 and the scarcity of long-term COVID-19 data from Portuguese centers, we commend the authors for their valuable contribution to this topic and offer some complementary insights from our own research.3 Click here for the full paper.

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