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https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/6/682 C. (Linda) M. C. van Campen Frans C. Visser Abstract Introduction: Multiple studies have shown that peak oxygen consumption is reduced in the majority of ME/CFS patients, using the golden standard for measuring exercise intolerance: cardiopulmonary...

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Trigger warning: exercise (I suggest watching from 2:07 to 10:57, then 12:05 to 12:30.) This video from NHS cardiologist Dr Rohin Francis presents cardiovascular exercise testing in patients with heart failure (HF). The purpose is to assess whether they require a heart transplant. Shown in...

Abstract Background Dyspnea and exercise intolerance are commonly reported post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), but routine diagnostic testing is often normal. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) offers comprehensive assessment of dyspnea to characterize pulmonary PASC...

1) The data reported by Dr. Dane Cook in this CDC call from 13 May 2021 is pretty interesting. He was able to analyze the results of exercise testing in the large Multi-Site Clinical Assessment of ME/CFS study (MCAM). 2) Previous meta-analyses have shown that ME/CFS patients have lower peak...

Abstract Background Some Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients who have recovered from their acute infection after experiencing only mild symptoms continue to exhibit persistent exertional limitation that is often unexplained by conventional investigative studies. Research question What...

Abstract Aims: Post-exertional malaise (PEM) is poorly understood in Gulf War Illness (GWI). Exercise challenges have emerged as stimuli to study PEM; however, little attention has been paid to unique cardiorespiratory and perceptual responses during exercise. This study tested whether select...

The paper comparing results in female CF And ME/CFS patients is posted later on the thread here and had its own thread that is now closed and the discussions merged Comparing Idiopathic Chronic Fatigue and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) in Males: Response to Two-Day...

Full title: Multimodality assessment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction skeletal muscle reveals differences in the machinery of energy fuel metabolism Abstract Aims Skeletal muscle (SkM) abnormalities may impact exercise capacity in patients with heart failure with preserved...

Abstract The outbreak of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has presented a global public health emergency. Although predominantly a pandemic of acute respiratory disease, corona virus infectious disease-19 (COVID-19) results in multi-organ damage...

Relationship between Cardiopulmonary, Mitochondrial and Autonomic Nervous System Function Improvement after an Individualised Activity Programme upon Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients Katarzyna Buszko Sławomir Kujawski Jo Cossington Joanna Słomko Monika Zawadka-Kunikowska Małgorzata...

https://www.centerwatch.com/clinical-trials/listings/225957/analysis-of-post-exertional-malaise-using-a-two-day-cpet-in-people-with-mecfs/?&radius=50&query=chronic-fatigue-syndrome&smt=true

Open access, https://journals.viamedica.pl/advances_in_respiratory_medicine/article/view/70297

https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(21)00256-7/fulltext EDIT: also available here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012369221002567

This trial is not yet open for recruitment (Start date May 2021) https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04740736

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/12/4040/htm

https://youtu.be/FqoIf11mY8Q https://youtu.be/NWLu1IfYYH0 ______________________ See also this thread on another Workwell team talk at about the same time: Preventing Post Exertional Malaise - online talk with Staci Stevens and Dr Mark Van Ness - Thurs 22nd Oct 2:30pm

Thread split from News from New Zealand and the Pacific Islands *********** The talk is now available on Youtube (haven't watched it yet).

Open access, https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.14814/phy2.14564

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