{"id":34078,"date":"2022-02-08T08:56:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T08:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=34078"},"modified":"2022-02-28T07:21:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T07:21:14","slug":"lessons-from-me-cfs-for-long-covid-postexertional-symptom-exacerbation-aka-pem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/lessons-from-me-cfs-for-long-covid-postexertional-symptom-exacerbation-aka-pem\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from ME\/CFS for long COVID: Postexertional Symptom Exacerbation (aka PEM)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Lessons from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis\/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for long COVID:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jospt.org\/do\/10.2519\/jospt.blog.20220202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Postexertional Symptom Exacerbation is an abnormal response to exercise\/activity<\/a>, by Todd E Davenport, Staci R Stevens, Jared Stevens, Christopher R Snell, J Mark Van Ness <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in<\/span> <em>JOSPT<\/em> blog, February 2, 2022 [doi.org\/10.2519\/jospt.blog.20220202]<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Researchers from the Workwell Foundation in California offer guidance for physical therapists with understanding and identifying PESE in patients with long COVID, following extensive research with patients with ME.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>PESE &#8211; postexertional symptom exacerbation &#8211; is a constellation of unusual symptom responses to exercise\/activity<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Blog post extract:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>What the Physical Therapist can do<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clinicians may ask evidence-based questions that may suggest PESE (<strong>TABLE<\/strong>). These questions may be used to direct clinical reasoning. They also can form the basis for collaborative treatment approaches that consider the patient&#8217;s perspective. Variability in PESE symptoms between patients\/clients, during exercise\/activity recovery, and according to disease staging reinforces there is no one-size-fits-all approach to working with patients who have PESE.<\/p>\n<p>Identification of the patient\/client&#8217;s top three symptoms, how much activity is necessary to provoke PESE, how long symptoms of PESE last, and how they change over time are critical to inform patient-centered approaches to PESE management.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34112 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PESE-Workwell-e1644310117595.jpg?resize=800%2C498&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"498\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/498;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jospt.org\/do\/10.2519\/jospt.blog.20220202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Part 2:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/lessons-from-me-cfs-for-long-covid-physiological-characteristics-are-abnormal-in-people-with-postexertional-symptom-exacerbation-aka-pem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Physiological characteristics during acute exercise are abnormal in people with PostExertional Symptom Exacerbation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Part 3: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/lessons-from-me-cfs-for-long-covid-energy-system-first-aid-for-people-with-pese-aka-pem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cEnergy System First Aid\u201d for people with Post Exertional Symptom Exacerbation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Part 4: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/lessons-from-me-cfs-for-long-covid-heart-rate-monitoring-to-manage-pese-pem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heart Rate Monitoring to manage PostExertional Symptom Exacerbation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; 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