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  1. SWAlexander

    The Draft Report by the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Healthcare Does Not Provide Any Evidence That Graded Exercise Therapy and Cognitive Be

    Abstract The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Healthcare (IQWiG) recently published its draft report to the government about myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The IQWiG concluded that graded exercise therapy (GET) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)...
  2. SNT Gatchaman

    Eccentric exercise increases circulating fibroblast activation protein but not bioactive fibroblast growth factor 21 in healthy humans (Parmar, 2018)

    Eccentric exercise increases circulating fibroblast activation protein but not bioactive fibroblast growth factor 21 in healthy humans Biraj Parmar, Jo E. Lewis, Ricardo J. Samms, Francis J. P. Ebling, Christine C. Cheng, Andrew C. Adams, Joanne Mallinson, Scott Cooper, Tariq Taylor, Reza...
  3. SWAlexander

    Exercise Challenge Reveals a “Remarkable Discordance” in the Brains of People with ME/CFS

    Results There are several ways things can go wrong in the body. You can have too much or too little of something. You can have something that just sits there – doesn’t respond at all. You know you really have a problem, though, when you have what this study found: a complete reversal of...
  4. nerd

    Excessive exercise training causes mitochondrial functional impairment and decreases glucose tolerance in healthy volunteers

    Authors: Flockhart, Mikael & Nilsson, Lina & Tais, Senna & Ekblom, Björn & Apró, William & Larsen, Filip Published: March 18, 2021 doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2021.02.017 Highlights Summary
  5. 20somethingspoonie

    How do I recondition after being bed bound?

    Because of the pandemic, I've pretty much stayed in bed for the last year. I want to slowly start to recondition, but I don't know where to start, especially because I want to avoid PEM.
  6. WantedAlive

    RED-S Syndrome, does it share ME/CFS metabolic Aetiology?

    It has been documented that overtraining athletes can get ME/CFS. This has always perplexed me, perhaps this might be mistaken for RED-S Syndrome, but looking deeper might there be some common aetiology in both syndromes? RED-S (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport) is attributed to energy...
  7. Muon

    Exosome-associated Mitochondrial DNA is Elevated in Patients with ME/CFS and Stimulates Human Cultured Microglia to Secrete IL-1β

    Exosome-associated Mitochondrial DNA is Elevated in Patients with ME/CFS and Stimulates Human Cultured Microglia to Secrete IL-1β (Theoharides, 2021) Abstract Background: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a debilitating disease that presents with fatigue, sleep...
  8. Tella

    Bedbound: muscles loss? Exercises? Tips? Let’s discuss :)

    Hey, was just interested and wanted to see if anyone who’s bedbound/severe (0 on Dr Lerner’s scale) can answer these: How long have u been bedbound for and at what point did u start being bedbound during the course of illness? Have u ever flactuated on the severity scale? For those who’ve been...
  9. C

    Is there any solid research that exercise is helpful for POTS?

    The Levine protocol developed from Levine's research reported a 50% drop out rate - alarm bells much! He also claims POTS is purely from deconditioning and not a dysautonomia at all. This makes no sense given how often POTS occurs during peak physical fitness. I have no reason to trust in...
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