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Fear & avoidance or a desire for participation? a look at PEM
Livets bilder blog post, by Swedish blogger, 29 October 2016: Fear and avoidance or a desire for participation? A cardinal symptom of ME/CFS is Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM): “There is an inappropriate loss of physical and mental stamina, rapid muscular and … Continue reading
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Tagged coping, fear avoidance, livets bilder, pain, PEM, Post-exertional malaise
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Post-exertional malaise: an exploratory factor analysis
Research abstract: Post-exertional malaise is a cardinal symptom of myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome. There are two differing focuses when defining post-exertional malaise: a generalized, full-body fatigue and a muscle-specific fatigue. This study aimed to discern whether post-exertional malaise … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic fatigue, exploratory factor analysis, Madison L Sunnquist, muscle fatigue, PEM, Post-exertional malaise, Prof Leonard Jason, Stephanie L McManimen
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Are ME/CFS and FM immune exhaustion disorders?
Are Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia Immune Exhaustion Disorders?, by Cort Johnson 21 March 2016 When we think of immune problems we often think of the immune system going berserk and attacking healthy cells but another kind of immune … Continue reading
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Tagged Cort Johnson, cytokines, Fibromyalgia, FM, immune activation, immune exhaustion, Marsha, PEM, Post-exertional malaise, Prof Mady Hornig, viral infections
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Post Activity Relapse (PAR) or PEM?
Another contribution to the discussion of the key characteristic of ME, Post Exertional Malaise (PEM), comes from Kasper Ezelius of the Sweish patient group ME-föreningen: Suggestion to replace PEM by PAR Deterioration after mental or physical exertion is often referred as … Continue reading
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Tagged DPAR, Kasper Ezelius, PAR, PEM, Post activity relapse, Post-exertional malaise, Sweden
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DOPE: Delayed Onset Post Exertional fatigue
Dr John L Whiting explains why he thinks the term DOPE is better than PEM or PENE: One of the biggest nuisances that ME/CFS sufferers have to contend with is the post exertional fatigue component. This issue was an aspect … Continue reading
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Tagged Delayed Onset Post Exertional fatigue, DOPE, iron deficiency, neurotransmitter, PEM, PENE, Post-exertional malaise
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Beyond tired: an overview of the IOM report on CFS/SEID
Article: Beyond Tired: Is chronic fatigue syndrome a real medical condition? Yes, according to a report from the Institute of Medicine, which urges physicians to treat it accordingly, by Dolan, Darrach in Neurology Now, October/November 2015, Vol 11, Issue 5, … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic fatigue, Institute of Medicine, IOM, PEM, Post-exertional malaise, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, SEID, Systemic exertion Intolerance Disease
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Deciphering PEM video lecture
Post-Exertion Malaise: The Intersection of Biology and Behavior A video lecture from SolveCFS, Published on Nov 21, 2015 Dr. Dane B. Cook is the Co-Director of the Exercise Psychology laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of the Marsh … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr Dane B Cook, PEM, Post-exertional malaise, Solve ME/CFS Initiative, video lecture
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Physiological post-exertional abnormalities in ME & CFS
Review article extracts: Abstract: Post-exertional “malaise” is a hallmark symptom of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Various abnormalities, including abnormal physiological responses to exertion, can account for post-exertional “malaise” and “exercise avoidance”. Since these abnormalities are not … Continue reading
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Tagged energetics, exercise intolerance, Exercise physiology, Exercise Physiology; Energetics; Immune System, immune dysfunction, Oxidative and nitrosative stress, Post-exertional malaise
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Measuring post exertional fatigue
Research abstract: OBJECTIVE: To design and validate an instrument to capture the characteristic post-exertional exacerbation of fatigue in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). HIGHLIGHTS: Provides a new self-report measure of fatigue in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome Uniquely captures fatigue … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic fatigue, Dr Andre Keech, PEM, Post-exertional malaise
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The effect of submaximal exercise tests in ME/CFS
Research abstract: BACKGROUND Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a debilitating illness. Symptoms include profound fatigue and distinctive post-exertional malaise (PEM). We asked whether a submaximal exercise test would prove useful for identifying different patterns of tissue oxygen utilization in … Continue reading
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