People with Long COVID and ME/CFS Exhibit Similarly Impaired Dexterity and Bimanual Coordination: A Case-Case-Control Study - 29/03/24
, Lawrence D. Hayes, PhD b, Marie Mclaughlin, PhD b, c, Ethan C.J. Berry, BSc (Hons) b, Nicholas F. Sculthorpe, PhD b
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Abstract |
Purpose |
Dexterity and bimanual coordination had not previously been compared between people with long COVID and people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Therefore, this study determined dexterity and bimanual coordination in people with long COVID (∼16-month illness duration; n = 21) and ME/CFS (∼16-year illness duration; n = 20), vs age-matched healthy controls (n = 20).
Methods |
Dexterity and bimanual coordination was determined using the Purdue pegboard test.
Results |
The main findings of the present investigation were that people with ME/CFS and people with long COVID were generally comparable for Purdue pegboard tests (P > .556 and d < 0.36 for pairwise comparisons). It is worth noting however, that both these patient groups performed poorer in the Perdue pegboard test than healthy controls (P < .169 and d > 0.40 for pairwise comparisons).
Conclusions |
These data suggest that both people with long COVID and people with ME/CFS have similarly impaired dexterity and bimanual coordination. Therefore, there is an urgent need for interventions to target dexterity and bimanual coordination in people with ME/CFS, and given the current pandemic, people with long COVID.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Bimanual coordination, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Dexterity, Myalgic encephalomyelitis, Neural, Postexertional malaise, Purdue pegboard test
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| Funding: This work was supported by grants from The Chief Scientist Office for Scotland (COV/LTE/20/08) and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (COV-LT2-0010). |
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| Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. |
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| Authorship: NEMS-H: Writing – review & editing, Writing – original draft, Visualization, Validation, Supervision, Software, Resources, Project administration, Methodology, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Formal analysis, Data curation, Conceptualization. LDH: Writing – review & editing, Writing – original draft, Visualization, Validation, Supervision, Software, Resources, Project administration, Methodology, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Formal analysis, Data curation, Conceptualization. MM: Writing – review & editing, Writing – original draft, Visualization, Validation, Supervision, Software, Resources, Project administration, Methodology, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Formal analysis, Data curation, Conceptualization. ECJB: Writing – review & editing, Writing – original draft, Investigation. NFS: Writing – review & editing, Writing – original draft, Visualization, Validation, Supervision, Software, Resources, Project administration, Methodology, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Formal analysis, Data curation, Conceptualization. |
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