Looking at Figure A in SNT's post #4, you can see the resting VO2 increasing over the time of the exercise test to the Vo2 peak. And then they...
Just to be clear, this isn't a reference to graded exercise therapy. This is the protocol used for the CPET, with the effort required to cycle...
and selection bias making the results useless.
Only quoting that for the acronym. Now that is a good one. Edit - and there's more:
Interesting, but I don't think it's very relevant to ME/CFS. It sounds as though delivering more of the odour particles to the now less sensitive...
On POTS: I've often heard it said that exercise is a treatment for postural orthostatic tachycardia, and we have been concerned that that leaves...
We have extensive coverage of the Cochrane Larun et al review on the forum. Regardless of whether it has a publication date of 2019 or 2024, it...
What does deconditioning look like? - ME/CFS Skeptic blog
On harms: Forum thread: Do graded activity therapies cause harm in chronic fatigue syndrome? (Kindlon, 2017)
Fair point, but I think it can be assumed that evidence that shows that exercise is not helpful is relevant to the question of whether exercise is...
We've got to get researchers to stratify their "Long Covid" samples into more descriptive subsets. This lumping is just hopeless.
I don't think you are mistaken. But, I wouldn't be too bothered about the words around the numbers, they probably are based on all sorts of odd...
We've seen the fatigue of ME/CFS described as a 'neuropsychiatric' symptom before and I try not to be offended by it. I find it a term that is...
Wasim Talib Mahdi Al Masoodi, Sami Waheed Radhi, Habiba Khdair Abdalsada, Mengqi Niu, Hussein Kadhem Al-Hakeim, Michael Maes Maes, the senior...
This thread seems to have been forgotten when it comes to posting, but it's had a lot of views. I couldn't find another thread about exercise in...
Impact of Exercise to Treat Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: A Systematic Review, 2025, Cortez et al It found that the evidence base for...
Hungarian study @Wyva I think there's interesting stuff here, although it takes me quite a bit of finding definitions of words to understand it....
I'm not sure that there is much more to say. Perhaps - even with a highly selected sample, even with a small sample, even with a whole lot of...
That's a very good question. I probably got that wrong. It seems to be used for a wide range of conditions and I assumed it was doing something...
https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/long-covid-update-threat-continues-demand-strong-response Long Covid Update – a threat that continues to demand a...
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