Post-COVID Syndrome in Athletes with Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez

On this episode of the AMSSM Sports Medcast, host Dr. Jeremy Schroeder, DO, is joined by Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD (T: @MVGutierrezMD), who is serving as the AAPM&R Exchange Lecture Speaker during the 2022 AMSSM Annual Meeting.

In this conversation, Dr. Verduzco-Gutierrez discusses her upcoming presentation in Austin, TX, on Post-COVID Syndrome in Athletes and addresses the following topics:

• Defining Post-COVID Syndrome and its many potential impacts
• How and why she developed a Post-COVID Recovery Clinic
• Her contributions to multi-disciplinary collaborative consensus guidance statements for patients with PASC
• How she generally approaches treating patients with Post-COVID Syndrome
• The differences in rates and severity in Post-COVID Syndrome in athletes compared with other populations
• Her advice for aspiring researchers in sport and exercise science

Resources:
Models of Care for Postacute COVID-19 Clinics: Experiences and a Practical Framework for Outpatient Physiatry Settings (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34793373/)

Multi-disciplinary collaborative consensus guidance statement on the assessment and treatment of breathing discomfort and respiratory sequelae in patients with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)(onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pmrj.12744)

Multidisciplinary collaborative consensus guidance statement on the assessment and treatment of fatigue in postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) patients (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1…02/pmrj.12684)