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The Evolution of the British Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/27536351251392199 No abstract, just a short editorial but it has things/news that we hadn't noticed so here goes: Yes. 40 years ago. Just begun. Barely a middle-ager...

There is an MRC meeting at Royal College of Physicians on November 6th NIHR/MRC Showcase event for post acute infection conditions research Tickets, Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite which I have registered for and others may wish to. I had not heard about it despite being on DecodeME...

The urgency to meet the needs of patients with post-acute infection syndromes (PAIS) and reduce the healthcare burden & economic costs - Letter to all clinicians and services from the CPCS Professional Society @NHSEngland @NIHRresearch @Clinicalpcs @long_covid #MECFS #LongCovid

Now published: link here Preprint Background: Post COVID-19 syndrome or Long Covid (LC) is a novel fluctuating condition with a protracted course in some patients. Specialist LC services have been operational in the UK since 2020 and deal with a high caseload of patients. Aims: To evaluate...

Long COVID: a clinical update Trisha Greenhalgh; Manoj Sivan; Alice Perlowski; Janko Ž Nikolich Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID) is generally defined as symptoms persisting for 3 months or more after acute COVID-19. Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to...

https://www.elaros.com/ ELAROS is a private company that works with the NHS to provide digital apps and websites, including patient apps where they can fill in PROMs, and access to these by clinicians. The initial aim, I think is for it to be used particularly for Long Covid clinics to track...

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/21/4/473 open access Introduction: Long COVID (LC) is a global public health crisis affecting more than 70 million people. There is emerging evidence of different pathophysiological mechanisms driving the wide array of symptoms in LC. Understanding the...

Abstract Background: New-onset chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain (> 3 months duration) is one of the commonest persistent symptoms of Post-COVID syndrome (PCS). There is emerging evidence that the chronic MSK pain and associated symptoms in PCS have similarities to Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS)...

Abstract Objectives To identify the needs of people with long COVID (LC) in the UK. Design Qualitative study using the Framework Analysis to analyse focus group discussions. Participants 25 adults with LC aged 19–76 years including 17 men and 8 women. Average disease duration was 80.1...

Abstract Background Around 2 million people in the UK suffer from Long COVID (LC). Of concern is the disease impact on productivity and informal care burden. This study aimed to quantify and value productivity losses and informal care receipt in a sample of LC patients in the UK. Methods The...

Long Covid Clinical Severity Types Based on Symptoms and Functional Disability: A Longitudinal Evaluation Abstract Background: Long Covid (LC) is a multisystem clinical syndrome with Functional Disability (FD) and compromised Overall Health (OH). There is a lack of distinct clinical symptom...

Abstract Long COVID (LC) is a multisymptom clinical syndrome with similarities to Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME). All these conditions are believed to be associated with centrally driven mechanisms such as central sensitisation. There...

Copied from this thread The British ME Association are requesting people to send them accounts of their experiences of health and social care as part of a planned campaign looking at good practice and the new NICE guidelines to roll out in ME Awareness Week in May and beyond. See...