It's interesting to think about whether gait is affected in ME/CFS (including post-Covid ME/CFS). Of course, like most/all of the symptoms, any impact on gait will probably vary over time.
It might also be useful to talk about how we can assess changes in gait ourselves and how it might be...
ABSTRACT
Background
Functional Gait Disorders (FGD) are a common presentation of motor-Functional Neurological Disorders (motor-FND) that affect walking ability.
Aim
To provide a narrative review of the current literature on FGD.
Methods
A narrative overview of published literature was...
Abstract:
SARS-CoV-2 infection may cause such complications as post-COVID-19 syndrome, which includes chronic fatigue, myalgia, arthralgia, as well as a variety of neurological manifestations, e.g., neuropathy of small fibers, hearing and vestibular dysfunction, and cognitive impairment. This...
A variety of rehabilitation programmes can be offered to Long COVID patients, specifically physical training. Indeed 90% of these patients reports impairments of verticalization, stability and spatial orientation, making difficult exercise in the gym. The aim of our study was to assess the...
Functional neurological disorder is neurological dysfunction not primarily explained by pathophysiologic or structural abnormalities and can present in children and adolescents with limb weakness, gait abnormality, non-epileptic seizures or sensory changes.
In this review article we focus...
Abstract
Functional movement disorder (FMD) is a common manifestation of functional neurological disorder presenting with diverse phenotypes such as tremor, weakness and gait disorder. Our current understanding of the basic epidemiological features of this condition is unclear.
We aimed to...
Abstract
Objectives
This study aimed to investigate post COVID 19 symptoms amongst elderly females and whether they could be a risk factor for developing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) later on.
Methods
This was a retrospective cross-sectional study, in the form of an online survey. A total of...
Thought this was relevant since @Jonathan Edwards has mentioned gait as a possible diagnostic tool in ME.
Link: https://www.alzheimersanddementia.com/article/S1552-5260(19)35120-9/fulltext
Article
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1360859219301019
scihub :
http://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2019.03.006#
eta: if you take away the psych analysis, these could be useful tests.
The following list of studies and other papers could be helpful with regard to the claim that symptoms classified as 'fatigue' can't be measured objectively, or that potential objective measures are too unspecific.
In the field of MS research, some people looked for objective measures...
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