## Impact of Physiotherapy on Patients Suffering from COVID-19: An Observational Study  
**[PERSON] \({}^{1,2,3,\dagger}\)**, [PERSON] \({}^{4,5,\star,\dagger}\)**, [PERSON] \({}^{1,\dagger}\)**, [PERSON] \({}^{1,\dagger}\)**, [PERSON] \({}^{1,6,\star,\dagger}\)**, [PERSON] \({}^{1,2,\dagger}\)**, [PERSON] \({}^{7,\dagger}\)**, [PERSON] \({}^{8,9,\dagger}\)**, [PERSON] \({}^{10,\dagger}\)**, [PERSON] \({}^{4,\dagger}\)**, [PERSON] \({}^{4,\dagger}\)**, [PERSON] \({}^{4,\dagger}\)**, and [PERSON] \({}^{3,7,\dagger}\)**  
\({}^{1}\) Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Bioengineering, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \"[PERSON]\" Iasi, 700454 Iasi, Romania; [EMAIL_ADDRESS] (I.O. ); [PERSON]S] (D.M. ); [PERSON]ESS] (O.-D.-E.); [EMAIL_ADDRESS] (A.-I.G.) \({}^{2}\) Doctoral School of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection \"[PERSON]\", Technical University \"[PERSON]\" Iasi, 700050 Iasi, Romania  
\({}^{3}\) Department of Physiotherapy, Micromechica Clinic, 61109 Tatara Neant, Romania; [PERSON]]  
\({}^{4}\) Department of Individual Sports and Kinotherapy, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, \"Dunarea de Jos\" University of Galati, 800008 Galati, Romania; [EMAIL_ADDRESS] (D.E.C. ); [PERSON]S] (G.D.M. ); [PERSON]SS] (G.-G.D.)  
\({}^{5}\) Center of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, \"Dunarea de Jos\" University of Galati, 800008 Galati, Romania  
\({}^{6}\) Doctoral School of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \"[PERSON]\" Iasi, 700454 Iasi, Romania  
\({}^{7}\) Faculty of General Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \"[PERSON]\" Iasi, 700115 Iasi, Romania; [PERSON]S]  
\({}^{8}\) Medical Science Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \"[PERSON]\" Cluj-Napoca, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; [EMAIL_ADDRESS] (D.E.C. );  
\({}^{9}\) Clinical Hospital of Pulmonary Diseases Iasi, 700115 Iasi, Romania  
\({}^{10}\) Department of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy \"[PERSON]\", 05047 Bucharest, Romania; [EMAIL_ADDRESS]  
\({}^{\dagger}\) Correspondence: [EMAIL_ADDRESS] (D.-A.I. ); [EMAIL_ADDRESS] (I.B.) \({}^{\dagger}\) These authors contributed equally to this work. **Abstract:**_Introduction_: COVID-19 was the turning point of 2020, endangering the health of the entire population around the world. Among other therapeutic methods and supportive measures, physiotherapy represents a useful intervention applied on COVID-19 patients suffering from respiratory symptoms, this being supported by recent literature data. _Materials and Methods:_ The study was performed on 45 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 (28 men, 17 women, mean age = 65.03, standard deviation = 14.83). They participated for 2 weeks (the required period of hospitalization) to a series of 14 physiotherapy sessions, which included: position changing, respiratory control, passive joint movements, bed workout, and walking exercises. Depending on the status of the patient, two distinct types of physiotherapy were performed (mild and active). The status of the patients was assessed through a basic assessment of the vital signs, range of motion, degree of dyspnea, and also through the UZ Leuven Start To Move protocol (STMP). The statistical analysis of the data was performed using the Statistic 10 program and included the Spearman correlations (for measuring the strength and direction of association between the ranked variables), the Mann-Whitney test (for measuring the significance of the differences between the groups of patients who undergone light vs. active physiotherapy) and factor analysis (for assessing the changes of the clinical parameters investigated in the study, depending on the type of applied therapy). All differences were considered significant at \(p<0.05\). _Results:_ The majority of patients (\(n=38\)) benefited from physiotherapy, with the complete disappearance of symptoms met only in the group of patients who followed active physiotherapy.