Special Issue "Post-COVID-19 Symptoms in Long-Haulers: Definition, Identification, Mechanisms, and Management".

The worldwide spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a condition caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pathogen, led to the most unprecedented disease outbreak of this century, provoking around 770 million confirmed cases and nearly 7 million deaths globally [[1]]. Rahmati et al., reported that 41.7% of COVID-19 survivors still experienced post-COVID-19 symptoms two years after infection [[7]]. One study investigated sex differences in the development of COVID-19-associated onset symptoms and post-COVID-19 symptoms [[9]]. Since one clinical manifestation of pain sensitization is the presence of larger areas of pain [[19]], its association with other measures of central sensitization could reveal potential mechanisms of post-COVID-19 pain. [Extracted from the article]