Board research at the College of Medicine, University of Basrah discusses the muscular and skeletal manifestations of the emerging corona virus

  Board research at the College of Medicine, University of Basrah, discussed the muscular and skeletal manifestations of the emerging corona virus, and the research presented by the student, Muntazer Qassem Mutashar, aims to assess the most common musculoskeletal symptoms in patients infected with the corona virus and determine the effect of the virus on symptoms and musculoskeletal diseases. As coronavirus disease 2019 is an epidemic disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome, where the virus mainly affects the respiratory system, it has also been noted that there are direct and indirect effects of this infection on multiple organ systems, including the musculoskeletal system. Early studies indicated significant muscle and bone dysfunction in some patients with coronavirus, although no long-term follow-up studies have been conducted yet. The research concluded that the musculoskeletal phenomena that appeared after infection with the emerging corona virus were recorded in a large way in this study, as many muscular manifestations, including diseases or symptoms, were presented, and recorded with values ​​that cannot be underestimated, in addition to the following, the global trend in Such aspects of infection were similar to this study