Recovery from Exercise in Persons with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)

• Published in: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Vol. 59; no. 3; p. 571
• Main Authors: Moore, Geoffrey E., Keller, Betsy A., Stevens, Jared, Mao, Xiangling, Stevens, Staci R., Chia, John K., Levine, Susan M., Franconi, Carl J., Hanson, Maureen R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.03.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: 2-day cardiopulmonary exercise test; Activities of daily living; Analysis; Blood tests; Canada; Care and treatment; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Diabetes; Diagnosis; Encephalomyelitis; Exercise; Exercise - physiology; exercise recovery; Exercise Test; Exercise tests; Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic; Health aspects; Humans; myalgic encephalomyelitis; Narratives; Physiology; post-exertional malaise; Questionnaires; specific symptom severity; Canada; United States; Los Angeles California; United States > US; New York City New York; 2-day cardiopulmonary exercise test; chronic fatigue syndrome; specific symptom severity; myalgic encephalomyelitis; post-exertional malaise; exercise recovery
• ISSN: 1648-9144; 1010-660X; 1648-9144
• DOI: 10.3390/medicina59030571

Background and Objectives: Post-exertional malaise (PEM) is the hallmark of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), but there has been little effort to quantitate the duration of PEM symptoms following a known exertional stressor. Using a Symptom Severity Scale (SSS) that includ...