Tag Archives: Heart rate variability
Chest strap system monitors severity of CFS
Chest strap system monitors severity of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Conn Hastings in Medgadget, July 8 2021 Researchers at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, have developed a system to monitor the severity of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), … Continue reading
Analysis of gender differences in HRV of patients with M/CFS using mobile-health technology
Analysis of Gender Differences in HRV of Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Using Mobile-Health Technology, by Lluis Capdevila, Jesús Castro-Marrero, José Alegre, Juan Ramos-Castro, Rosa M Escorihuela in Sensors (Basel) 2021 May 28;21(11):3746 [doi: 10.3390/s21113746] Research abstract: In … Continue reading
Cardiopulmonary responses to exercise in an individual with ME/CFS during long-term treatment with intravenous saline: a case study
Cardiopulmonary responses to exercise in an individual with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome during long-term treatment with intravenous saline: A case study by Todd E Davenport, Michael K Ward, Staci R Stevens, Jared Stevens, Christopher R Snell, J Mark VanNess, in … Continue reading
Parasympathetic activity is reduced during slow-wave sleep, but not resting wakefulness, in patients with CFS
Parasympathetic activity is reduced during slow-wave sleep, but not resting wakefulness, in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, by Scott J Fatt, Jessica E Beilharz, Michael Joubert, Chloe Wilson, Andrew R Lloyd, Uté Vollmer-Conna, Erin Cvejic in Clin Sleep Med. Vol 16, … Continue reading
Reduced heart rate variability predicts fatigue severity in individuals with CFS/ME
Reduced heart rate variability predicts fatigue severity in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, by Rosa María Escorihuela, Lluís Capdevila, Juan Ramos Castro, María Cleofé Zaragozà, Sara Maurel, José Alegre & Jesús Castro-Marrero in Journal of Translational Medicine volume 18, Article number: 4 (2020) … Continue reading
Autonomic markers, CFS & post-exertion states
Autonomic markers, chronic fatigue syndrome, and post-exertion states, by Fred Friedberg in Journal of Psychosomatic Research Vol 127, Dec 2019, [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.109845] Article extracts: A large body of evidence suggests that autonomic imbalance, i.e., hyperactive sympathetic nervous system and hypoactive … Continue reading
Autonomic function in ME & CFS: comparing self-report & objective measures
Autonomic dysfunction in myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome: comparing self-report and objective measures, by Jane Kemp, Madison Sunnquist, Leonard A Jason, Julia L Newton in Clin Auton Res [Preprint 21 May 2019] Letter extracts: Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and … Continue reading
Chronotropic Intolerance: an overlooked determinant of symptoms & activity limitation in ME/CFS?
Chronotropic intolerance: an overlooked determinant of symptoms and activity limitation in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome?, by Todd E. Davenport, Mary Lehnen, Staci R Stevens, J. Mark VanNess, Jared Stevens and Christopher R Snell in Front. Pediatr. 22 March 2019 Review … Continue reading
Impairments in cognitive performance in CFS are common, not related to co-morbid depression but do associate with autonomic dysfunction
Impairments in cognitive performance in chronic fatigue syndrome are common, not related to co-morbid depression but do associate with autonomic dysfunction, by Lucy J Robinson, Peter Gallagher, Stuart Watson, Ruth Pearce, Andreas Finkelmeyer, Laura Maclachlan, Julia L Newton in PLoS … Continue reading
Associations between clinical symptoms, plasma norepinephrine & deregulated immune gene networks in subgroups of adolescents with CFS
Associations between clinical symptoms, plasma norepinephrine and deregulated immune gene networks in subgroups of adolescent with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Chinh Bkrong Nguyen, Surendra Kumar, Manuela Zucknick, Vessela N Kristensen, Johannes Gjerstad, Hilde Nilsen, Vegard BruunWyller, in Brain Behav Immun. 2018 … Continue reading
