RESToRE exercise trial for long COVID, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 2023

[Sly Saint]

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Exercise Intolerance Associated with Impaired Oxygen Extraction in Patients with Long COVID 2023 Norweg et al
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RESToRE

RESToRE is an exercise trial for long COVID, funded by an Intervention and Implementation Science Award from Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

Participating in RESToRE

• Inclusion Criteria: (1) Are 21 years of age or older; (2) Have a diagnosis of long COVID in electronic medical records; (3) Are able to use a smartphone; and (4) Are English speaking.
  
  
• Exclusion Criteria: (1) Are older than 84 years old or are frail; (2) Have a diagnosis of chronic cardiopulmonary disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, post-concussion syndrome, chronic Lyme disease, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, or neurodegenerative disease; (3) Have a medical history of ICU stay for COVID-19 illness; and (4) Are pregnant.

If you have long COVID and are interested in participating in this study, please contact Dr. Norweg at amn2212@cumc.columbia.edu(link sends e-mail).

https://www.vagelos.columbia.edu/research/areas-research/norweg-lab/our-research/restore

 

[Mij]

Post-infectious pwME/CFS are excluded from participating.

REST bolded in the title. Totally clueless.

 

[rvallee]

https://www.vagelos.columbia.edu/research/areas-research/norweg-lab/our-research/restore

The fact that there are already dozens of identical trials, in addition to 3 years of real life experience, makes the NIH exercise experiment so shady and unethical. As if it's needed, when in fact it's the most common thing already tried and failed.