bed rest

  1. Nightsong

    Preprint Skeletal muscle properties in long COVID and ME/CFS differ from those induced by bed rest, 2025, Charlton, Wust et al

    Abstract: Patients with long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) suffer from a reduced exercise capacity, skeletal muscle abnormalities and post-exertional malaise (PEM), where symptoms worsen with cognitive or physical exertion. PEM often results in avoidance...
  2. SNT Gatchaman

    Daily blood flow restriction does not affect muscle fiber capillarization & satellite cell content during […] bed rest in healthy young men, 2024

    Daily blood flow restriction does not affect muscle fiber capillarization and satellite cell content during two weeks of bed rest in healthy young men Thorben Aussieker; Cas J. Fuchs; Antoine Zorenc; Lex B. Verdijk; Luc J.C. van Loon; Tim Snijders The present study assessed whether single-leg...
  3. ME/CFS Skeptic

    What does deconditioning look like? - ME/CFS Skeptic blog

    Just wrote a blog about what deconditioning looks like and how it differs from ME/CFS. https://mecfsskeptic.com/what-does-deconditioning-look-like/ Interestingly the best evidence on deconditioning comes from NASA bed rest studies. Head-down bed rest was used as a proxy for the low gravity...
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