Category: Musculoskeletal

Bilateral Shoulder Infections and Delayed Recognition of Spinal Discitis in an Adult Male With Mild COVID-19 and Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: Case Report and Literature Review

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John G. Skedros • Jessie A. Montgomery • John T. Cronin • , et. al., DOI: 10.7759/cureus.74765  Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated with numerous complications beyond the respiratory tract, including spinal and joint co-infections…[...]

Navigating the Diagnostic Maze: A Case of Post-COVID-19 Tenosynovitis

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Kasture Puspalingam • Malarkodi Suppamutharwyam, Navigating the Diagnostic Maze: A Case of Post-COVID-19 Tenosynovitis. Cureus 16(11): e73849. doi:10.7759/cureus.73849 Abstract Post-COVID-19 sequelae can include various complications, including musculoskeletal manifestations. Unvaccinated against COVID-19, a…[...]

Lower back pain could affect up to a quarter of COVID-19 survivors

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by: Linda Geddes Clinics should prepare for an increase in people seeking treatment for lower back pain in the aftermath of COVID-19 infection, researchers warn. Up to a quarter of…[...]

Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron Eras

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Authors: Yan Xie, Ph.D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2457-9382, Taeyoung Choi, M.S., and Ziyad Al-Aly, M.D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2600-0434, N Engl J Med 2024;391:515-525, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2403211, VOL. 391 NO. 6 Abstract Background Postacute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (PASC) can affect many organ systems. However, temporal…[...]

A discovery in the muscles of long COVID patients may explain exercise troubles

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By Will Stone, NPR Hit the gym. Get back in shape. That's what many patients with long COVID are told when they talk of the crushing fatigue that envelops them after…[...]

Musculoskeletal Manifestations of COVID-19: Currently Described Clinical Symptoms and Multimodality Imaging Findings

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Imran M. Omar , Jennifer S. Weaver, Jonathan D. Samet, et. al. https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.220036 Abstract COVID-19, the clinical syndrome produced by infection with SARS-CoV-2, can result in multisystem organ dysfunction, including respiratory failure and hypercoagulability,…[...]

Does nerve damage contribute to long COVID symptoms?

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Almost all post-COVID neuropathy linked to a potentially treatable immune dysfunction MGH News and Public Affairs A new study suggests that some patients with long COVID have lasting nerve damage…[...]

Researchers discover that tiredness experienced by long COVID patients has a physical cause

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by Amsterdam University Medical Center Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44432-3 Researchers from Amsterdam UMC and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) have discovered that the persistent fatigue in patients with long COVID has…[...]

New-onset chronic musculoskeletal pain following COVID-19 infection fulfil the Fibromyalgia clinical syndrome criteria

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Omar Khoja,  Matthew Mulvey, Sarah Astill,  et. al. ,doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.10.24310234 ABSTRACT Background New-onset chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain (> 3 months duration) is one of the commonest persistent symptoms of Post-COVID syndrome (PCS). There is emerging evidence that the…[...]