Inspiratory muscle training in patients with covid-19: evaluation of clinical practice

The disease caused by SARS VOC 2, called COVID 19, is an infectious disease of the respiratory tract and may vary from mild symptoms to conditions severe, requiring hospitalization hospital with significant mortality rate Physical therapy has the aim of limiting the after-effects of the virus and hospital stay, promoting functional recovery and optimization high hospital. The Training Inspiratory Muscle (TMI) is a technique physiotherapy c om order to strengthen and optimize the respiratory muscle strength and endurance through devices with resistive loads. The objective of this research is to evaluate the applicability of Inspiratory Muscle Training in the treatment of COVID-19. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study , with a quantitative approach to the data . The professionals were submitted to an online sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire regarding the use of IMT in patients with COVID-19. The results showed that 64.7% of physical therapists frequently use IMT as a treatment strategy for COVID-19 and 58.8% of respondents stated that IMT improves the patient's functional capacity. It is suggested that the use of IMT in critically ill patients with COVID-19 is a resource capable of improving functional capacity, increasing inspiratory muscle strength and endurance and improving the patient's quality of life.