Aytür Y.K.Köseoglu B.F.Taşkıran Ö.Ö.Gökkaya N.K.O.Delialioğlu S.Ü.Tur B.S.Sarıkaya S.Şirzai H.Tiftik T.T.Alemdaroglu E.Ayhan F.F.Çakıt B.D.Genç A.Gündoğdu İ.Güzel R.Kabayel D.D.Kaya B.B.Öken Ö.Özdemir H.Soyupek F.Tıkız C.2024-07-222024-07-22202125870823http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/13619Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious infection disease, which may cause respiratory, physical, psychological, and generalized systemic dysfunction. The severity of disease ranges from an asymptomatic infection or mild illness to mild or severe pneumonia with respiratory failure and/or death. COVID-19 dramatically affects the pulmonary system. This clinical practice guideline includes pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) recommendations for adult COVID-19 patients and has been developed in the light of the guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 provided by the World Health Organization and Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Health, recently published scientific literature, and PR recommendations for COVID-19 regarding basic principles of PR. This national guideline provides suggestions regarding the PR methods during the clinical stages of COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 with its possible benefits, contraindications, and disadvantages. © 2021 All right reserved by the Turkish Society of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationEnglishAll Open Access; Gold Open Accessadult respiratory distress syndromeArticleartificial ventilationbreathing exercisebreathing ratecardiovascular diseasecerebrovascular accidentcoronavirus disease 2019daily life activitydisease severityexercise tolerancefollow uphealth care personnelhome carehospitalizationhumanlung functionmortalitymuscle trainingpersonal hygienepneumoniapractice guidelinepulmonary rehabilitationrespiratory failuresepsisseptic shockSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2social distancingspinal cord injuryvirus transmissionArticle10.5606/TFTRD.2021.8821