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    Orthostatic Intolerance in Long-Haul COVID after SARS-CoV-2: A Case-Control Comparison with Post-EBV and Insidious… (van Campen & Visser, 2022)

    Orthostatic Intolerance in Long-Haul COVID after SARS-CoV-2: A Case-Control Comparison with Post-EBV and Insidious-Onset Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients Abstract Background: As complaints of long-haul COVID patients are similar to those of ME/CFS patients and as...
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    Compression Stockings Improve Cardiac Output and Cerebral Blood Flow during Tilt Testing in ME/CFS (van Campen et al., 2021)

    Another study from van Campen, Rowe, and Visser! Compression Stockings Improve Cardiac Output and Cerebral Blood Flow during Tilt Testing in ME/CFS (van Campen et al., 2021) https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58010051 Main points: Without compression stockings, patients experienced a 25% drop...
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    Orthostatic Symptoms and Reductions in Cerebral Blood Flow in Long-Haul COVID-19 Patients: Similarities with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue

    Abstract Background and Objectives: Symptoms and hemodynamic findings during orthostatic stress have been reported in both long-haul COVID-19 and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), but little work has directly compared patients from these two groups. To investigate the...
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    Cerebral blood flow remains reduced after tilt testing in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients

    Published: 23 September 2021 Authors: C. Linda M.C. van Campen, Peter C. Rowe, Frans C. Visser doi: 10.1016/j.cnp.2021.09.001 Highlights Abstract
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    ME/CFS Patients with Joint Hypermobility Show Larger Cerebral Blood Flow Reductions during Orthostatic Stress Testing... (van Campen et al., 2021)

    The Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients with Joint Hypermobility Show Larger Cerebral Blood Flow Reductions during Orthostatic Stress Testing Than Patients without Hypermobility: A Case Control Study Hypermobility in ME/CFS: effect on cerebral blood flow (van Campen...
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    Comparing Idiopathic Chronic Fatigue & ME/CFS by Gender: Response to 2-day CPET (van Campen & Visser, 2021)

    Two new articles by the team of Linda van Campen and Frans Visser: Comparing Idiopathic Chronic Fatigue and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) in Males: Response to Two-Day Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Protocol (van Campen and Visser, 2021)...
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    Deconditioning does not explain orthostatic intolerance in ME/CFS (van Campen, Rowe, and Visser, 2021)

    Deconditioning does not explain orthostatic intolerance in ME/CFS (van Campen, Rowe, and Visser, 2021) https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-021-02819-0 Excerpt: I thought the title statement should have been obvious to people by now, but apparently not...
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    Reductions in Cerebral Blood Flow Can Be Provoked by Sitting in Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis... (Van Campen et al. 2020)

    A new publication from Van Campen, Rowe, and Visser on the effect of sitting up in severe ME: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/4/394 Earlier this year they published a similar study on the effect of tilting the head in severe ME...
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    Cerebral Blood Flow Is Reduced in Severe ME/CFS during a 20 degrees head up tilt test (Van Campen et al 2020)

    Cerebral Blood Flow Is Reduced in Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients During Mild Orthostatic Stress Testing: An Exploratory Study at 20 Degrees of Head-Up Tilt Testing C Linda M C van Campen 1 , Peter C Rowe...