Australia: $4.7 million for UNSW researchers to investigate long COVID

[Sean]

Their version of 6mwt had inherent bias, and they must have known this.

No argument. My point is simply that even when they ostensibly report a result they can't get it better than marginal, and not consistently, even if that result is legit.

Legit or not, they have nothing of substance.

 

[Utsikt]

Ignoring details of the blatant scientific misconduct in the psychogenic research, there is some very limited evidence that exercise can help to a small extent, based on the work of Perikles Simon, an exercise physiologist in Germany. He presumes, and teaches exercise based on, the existence of hypoxia. More on that in a moment.

Has he ever done any studies with control groups? His initial work was done in relation to insurance cases.

I have been doing resistance training for years now, based on what I am dubbing the Perikles Protocol. I had to modify it for much longer rests, even days sometimes, or I run into trouble. It has halted my growing sarcopenia, and allowed me to regain a little muscle and strength. It has done NOTHING for endurance, or any other symptoms.

That doesn’t sound like the Perikles method is altering the underlying disease mechanisms, and that it takes up a significant amount of your «budget».

 

[alex3619]

Has he ever done any studies with control groups?

So far as I know just case studies, and in at least one case an ex athlete. Which is why I tested it cautiously, and found I need very much more rest. It is best done for me right after a long nap, and not on a bad day. The other rules are never get out of breath, do not use weight you cannot handle for 30s, and do not exercise the same muscle groups twice in a row. Over a couple of weeks I rotate around different groups, and different exercises. When I am overdoing things for other reasons I naturally do less frequent resistance training. Pacing still matters.

In all that time I have only been able to increase my weight load ONCE. That helped though. If I go through a good patch I will test with a higher weight, but I have too many other demands at the moment, including losing my support services when I hit 65. I am being assessed for over 65 services tomorrow, after waiting all this year.

That doesn’t sound like the Perikles method is altering the underlying disease mechanisms, and that it takes up a significant amount of your «budget».

No, it does not fix the underlying mechanisms. However things take longer and take more energy if I have lower strength. So it helps, its just not amazing. I also have other reasons for increasing lean mass. Avoiding lean mass loss, plus increasing muscle absorption of glucose, are two of my other goals.