Our collaborators at the Workwell Foundation, working with physical therapists and exercise physiologists, have published a case report in the Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal on measurement reproducibility over the two days of a two-day cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET). The report looked at the variability of CPET results from six people with and without medical diagnoses of fatiguing illnesses. All of the participants were women and matched by age and BMI. Although the authors point out that generalizations are not possible due to the low number of included subjects, the response to exercise by both individuals with ME/CFS is important to highlight.
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Recruitment update at Los Angeles site
Now recruiting in the Los Angeles area: People with ME/CFS and healthy, inactive control participants for the NIH-funded Cornell University Collaborative Research Center study of ME/CFS. If accepted into the study, participants will complete two cardiopulmonary exercise tests over two days with blood drawn before and after each test, and wear a wrist watch device to measure physical activity for 10 days before and 10 days after the exercise tests. Exercise testing will be completed at the ID Med clinic in Torrance, CA. For more information and/or to be screened for acceptance into the study, please contact:
Jared Stevens
jared@workwellfoundation.org
209-599-7194
Workwell Foundation releases continuing education on ME/CFS
Our collaborators at the Workwell Foundation have put together a two-part continuing education course on ME/CFS developed for PTs, OTs, nurses, and ATCs. Part 1 covers the introduction and identification of ME/CFS and Part 2 goes into etiology and analeptic management. The content is available through MedBridge.