Tag Archives: Post-exertional malaise
Recovery from exercise in persons with ME/CFS
Measuring recovery from exercise in ME/CFS US researchers used a 2-day exercise study (CPET) to discover how long it took people with ME/CFS to recover from exercise. The 80 participants with ME/CFS took an average of almost 2 weeks … Continue reading
Welsh long COVID services to be opened up to ME/CFS & FM
Funding boost for services for long-term conditions Health Minister Eluned Morgan has announced increased funding for Adferiad (long COVID) services. In 2022 she allocated £5m and this has now been raised to £8.3m for 2023. This will be shared … Continue reading
Research: Transcriptomics: female ME/CFS patients responded differently to an exercise challenge
Disrupted immune signatures found in females with ME/CFS US researchers found that female ME/CFS patients responded differently to an exercise challenge that stimulates PEM, compared to healthy females. They studied the RNA molecules in the cells (transcriptomics). The ME/CFS … Continue reading
Call for WHO to recognise energy limiting disabilities
World ME Alliance highlights energy limiting disabilities As a founding member of the World ME Alliance WAMES joins ME organisations round the world in calling for better understanding in the WHO of the challenges people with ME and long … Continue reading
CFS/ME in adolescents: Practical guidance & management challenges
Practical guidance and management challenges of ME/CFS in adolescents Australian paediatrician Dr Katherine Rowe has written a paper for practitioners, based on her own experience, which reviews the current understanding of ME/CFS and highlights effective management strategies for adolescents. As … Continue reading
Lessons from ME/CFS for long COVID: “Energy System First Aid” for people with PESE (aka PEM)
Lessons from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for Long COVID Part 3: “Energy System First Aid” for People With Post Exertional Symptom Exacerbation, by Todd E Davenport, Staci R Stevens, Jared Stevens, Christopher R Snell, J Mark Van Ness in … Continue reading
Lessons from ME/CFS for Long COVID: Physiological characteristics… are abnormal in people with Postexertional Symptom Exacerbation (aka PEM)
Lessons from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for Long COVID Part 2: Physiological characteristics during acute exercise are abnormal in people with Postexertional Symptom Exacerbation, by Todd E Davenport, Staci R Stevens, Jared Stevens, Christopher R Snell, J Mark Van Ness in JOSPT, … Continue reading
Lessons from ME/CFS for long COVID: Postexertional Symptom Exacerbation (aka PEM)
Lessons from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for long COVID: Postexertional Symptom Exacerbation is an abnormal response to exercise/activity, by Todd E Davenport, Staci R Stevens, Jared Stevens, Christopher R Snell, J Mark Van Ness in JOSPT blog, February 2, 2022 … Continue reading
Research: Understanding the molecular changes of PEM in ME/CFS
Understanding the molecular changes of Post Exertional Malaise in ME/CFS, by Jemma Elley (Thesis, Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences with Honours). University of Otago, 2021 Research abstract: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a debilitating and often life-long condition affecting … Continue reading
