People with Long Covid and ME/CFS Exhibit Similarly Impaired Balance and Physical Capacity: A Case-Case-Control Study - 18/12/24
, Nilihan E.M. Sanal-Hayes, PhD a, b, Marie Mclaughlin, PhD a, Ethan C.J. Berry, BSc (Hons) a, Nicholas F. Sculthorpe, PhD a
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Abstract |
Purpose |
Postural sway and physical capacity had not previously been compared between people with long COVID and people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Therefore, this study determined postural sway and physical capacity 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 |
Postural sway was during a 30-s static stand test. Physical capacity was determined using the Timed Up and Go test and 5 Times Sit to Stand test. Throughout, participants wore isoinertial measurement units.
Results |
Postural sway was worse (ie, greater) in people with long COVID and ME/CFS than controls, but not different between long COVID and ME/CFS. Performance of the Timed Up and Go test and 5 Times Sit to Stand test were worse in long COVID and ME/CFS than controls, but not different between long COVID and ME/CFS. Of long COVID and ME/CFS participants, 87% and 13% exceeded the threshold for muscle weakness in the 5 Times Sit to Stand test and Timed Up and Go test, respectively.
Conclusions |
These data suggest that both people with long COVID and people with ME/CFS have similarly impaired balance and physical capacity. Therefore, there is an urgent need for interventions to target postural sway and physical capacity in people with ME/CFS, and given the current pandemic, people with long COVID.
El texto completo de este artículo está disponible en PDF.Keywords : Balance, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Functional capacity, Myalgic encephalomyelitis, Post-exertional malaise, Postural control
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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 submitted work was not carried out in the presence of any personal, professional, or financial relationships that could potentially be construed as a conflict of interest. |
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| Authorship: All authors participated in preparing and have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. LDH: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Data curation, Writing – original draft, review, & editing; Visualization, Project administration, Funding acquisition; NEMS-H: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Investigation, Data curation, Writing – review & editing, Project administration; MM: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Investigation, Data curation, Writing – review & editing, Project administration; ECJB: Software, Validation, Investigation, Data curation, Writing – review & editing, Project administration; NFS: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing, Supervision, Project administration, Funding acquisition. |
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