text: Rehabilitation of patients post COVID 19 infection a literature review Rehabilitation is important for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 COVID 19 infection Given the lack of guidelines in English on the rehabilitation of these patients we conducted a review of the most recent reports We performed this literature review using the principal research databases and included randomized trials recommendations quasi randomized or prospective controlled clinical trials reports guidelines field updates and letters to the editor We identified 107 studies in the database search among which 85 were excluded after screening the full text or abstract In total 22 studies were finally included The complexity of the clinical setting and the speed of spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 which leads to rapid occupation of beds in the intensive care unit make it necessary to discharge patients with COVID 19 who have mild symptoms as soon as possible For these reasons it is necessary to formulate rehabilitation programs for these patients to help them restore physical and respiratory function and to reduce anxiety and depression particularly patients with comorbidities and those who live alone or in rural settings to restore a good quality of life 