Prediction of Physical therapy stock prices by telehealth stocks and COVID19 cases | ||
Egyptian Journal of Physical Therapy | ||
Article 4, Volume 10, Issue 1, June 2022, Pages 32-37 PDF (371.44 K) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/ejpt.2022.145209.1090 | ||
Authors | ||
Ahmed Ali M Torad* 1; Ali hassan2; Ahmed Kadry3 | ||
1Basic Science Department Physical Therapy Faculty Kafrelsheik University Kafrelsheik , Egypt | ||
2physical therapy for internal medicine and geriatric, faculty of physical therapy , south valley university | ||
3Physical therapy department for integumentary disorders, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr-el-Shaikh, Egypt | ||
Abstract | ||
Introduction: COVID 19 is a global pandemic that affects the stock market and is the main player that empowers telehealth stocks that may affect other professions. Purpose: investigate the impact of the number and rate of COVID19 cases, deaths, and Telehealth stock prices on the physical therapy stock prices. Methods: Stocks data were extracted from yahoo finance while covid data were extracted from CDC (Center for Disease Control). Results: The first difference of the log was used for transformation and the best lag is lag 1. Also, var results showed adjusted R-squared: 0.01305 with F-statistic equaled 1.793 and p-value equaled 0.0762. Conclusion: Only covid test volume could be used to predict physical therapy stock. | ||
Keywords | ||
Physical therapy; Telehealth; COVID-19 | ||
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