Abstract
Importance The severity of viral infections can vary widely, from asymptomatic cases to complications leading to hospitalizations and death. Milder cases, despite being more prevalent, often go undocumented, and their public health burden is not accurately estimated.
Objective To...
From @PhysiosforME
"Participants needed for our study
We are delighted to announce that recruitment has now begun for our feasibility study: “Feasibility of investigating oxygen consumption (VO2), heart rate, blood pressure, lactic acid levels and activity levels of people with Myalgic...
Full title: An exploratory study of discrepancies between objective and subjective measurement of the physical activity level in female patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
Highlights
• There is a discrepancy between self-report and objective activity measures in CFS.
• The activity diary...
This is both interesting and slightly worrying. I got a Garmin Vivostyle watch/activity tracker for my birthday last year and it does all sorts of very useful things to help me keep an eye on what’s going on with my poor beleaguered body in an attempt to spot at least some form of pattern to my...
Full title:
Validation of the Severity of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Other Measures than History: Activity Bracelet, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and a Validated Activity Questionnaire: SF-36
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/3/273
Physios for ME have announced a new study led by Dr Nicola Clague-Baker and funded by the MEA Ramsay Research fund.
Full title of study:
“Feasibility of investigating oxygen consumption (VO2), heart rate, blood pressure, lactic acid levels and activity levels of people with Myalgic...
A study that is of interest because it measured activity levels with an accelerometer.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22032215
Unfortunately the authors did not investigate further to find out the "direction of these relations".
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