The objective was to identify the performance of physiotherapy and its efficacy in the treatment of prevention against falls in the elderly, providing these people with improvement in quality of life. The collection was of scientific articles taken from electronic bases of scientific publications, and the following were identified: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (Lilacs), PUBMED and Medline. The search in the 2

Coronavirus disease presents as a public health problem. High rates of hospitalization and impairments that lead to disability and impairment of quality of life. A literature review was conducted between April and May 2020, in the searches, the virtual health library was used as a database, which covers the electronic databases: LILACS and MEDLINE; database PEDro and PubMed. The Boolean operator AND was used to association the following descriptors: Coronavirus. Physiotherapy. Rehabilitation. The probable changes in patients with COVID-19 in the post-acute phase included neuromuscular involvements, neuropathies that lead to MV dependence and consequently pulmonary involvement, fatigue, generalized muscle weakness, pain, decreased functionality. The study becomes relevant because it provides literary support on the conditions related to the physical status of patients with COVID-19 in the post-acute phase, since more and more people are being infected, thus, studies have shown that a large part of the population will need rehabilitation.

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