Post-exertional symptom exacerbation - activity and rest

Document Type

Conference Presentation

Department

Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences Department

Organization

Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland Charity

Location

Virtual

Date of Presentation

9-22-2021

Abstract

This series of 5 webinars was organised by Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland Charity and recorded, and produced by the HSC Clinical Education Centre for nurses, midwives and Allied Health Professionals. The webinars were hosted on their website PageTiger from 2021 to the end of 2024. To give an overview of the impact of activity, exercise and rest to patients with ME/CFS - Professor Mark Van Ness . Outlines Post-exertional symptom exacerbation - activity and rest. • Defines and explains post-exertional symptom exacerbation. • Gives an appreciation of cardiopulmonary exercise testing. • Explores anaerobic threshold. • Outlines metabolic/cardiovascular abnormalities in M.E. Dr Mark Van Ness - Professor & Chair; Health and Exercise Science, University of the Pacific, California, USA. A member of the scientific advisory committee of the ‘Workwell Foundation’ which specialises in two-day cardiopulmonary exercise testing (2-day CPET) for M.E./C.F.S., fibromyalgia and other fatiguing conditions. He has been working on M.E./C.F.S. since 1999, and is particularly interested in issues of autonomic dysfunction and mechanisms that produce post-exertional malaise.

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