Patients with COVID-19 have respiratory symptoms such as shortness of breath

wheezing

and difficulty in sputum expectoration

which requires long-term pulmonary rehabilitation to improve respiratory function.From early February to the end of March 2020

a member of the pulmonary rehabilitation research team of a hospital in Chongqing participated the treatment of COVID-19 in the People′s Hospital of Wuhan University.During the work

a specialized pulmonary rehabilitation program was developed fully based on the characteristics of the COVID-19 and individual conditions

and it was carried out scientifically and effectively in a ward of the People′s Hospital of Wuhan University.The specialized pulmonary rehabilitation program includes pulmonary rehabilitation measures

psychological intervention measures

improving patients’ daily life activities and nutritional support.Our experience is helpful in relevant clinical work and research.